Box Score

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey women's soccer team will play for its third straight New Jersey Athletic Conference title as the Lions slipped past visiting Montclair State University, 1-0, on Tuesday.

The win put top-seeded TCNJ at 16-0-1 on the season, while the fourth-seeded Red Hawks evened their record at 9-9-1.

This marked the fifth time in the last six years the teams have met in the NJAC Tournament with the previous four coming in the championship game. TCNJ now holds a 4-0-1 mark in those games.

The Lions will now host third-seeded Richard Stockton College in the championship game set for Friday, November 2. Game time at TCNJ's Soccer Complex is 3 p.m.  Richard Stockton defeated Rowan University 1-0 to advance to the title game.

The game's only goal came 4:21 into the second half when junior Coleen Weber (Mullica Hill, NJ/Woodstown) jumped on a loose ball in the MSU penalty area and drilled it into the net for her fifth goal of the season.

The Lions had a couple of chances to pad their lead, but Red Hawk keeper Leah Tepperman (North Andover, MA/North Andover) made several acrobatic saves to keep it a one-goal game. She finished the game with 12 saves.

Montclair's best chance to pull even came midway through the second half when Jackie McGrath (Vernon, NJ/Vernon) settled a corner kick just off of the far post, but TCNJ goalie Jessica Clarke (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) made the save. The sophomore finished with three saves for her ninth shutout of the season.