Box score

Ramapo, NJ … The College of New Jersey men's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to Ramapo College on Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Lions out of second place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and sets up a crucial match-up with Rutgers University-Newark on Wednesday evening in the regular season finale.

TCNJ (6-5-4, 4-2-2 NJAC) appeared to control the better part of play outshooting the Roadrunners 17-9, but Ramapo (10-4-2, 3-4-1) capitalized on their scoring chances. Junior Francis Carr (Monroe, NJ/Monroe) gave Ramapo the lead with 10 seconds remaining in the first period when he took a pass from senior Matt Fleissner (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) and knocked in his first goal of the season.

Just after the intermission, Carr struck again at the 49:49 mark to push the Ramapo lead to 2-0. The Lions offense put pressure on the Roadrunner backfield hitting the post once amidst several scoring chances, but senior goalkeeper Ian Tigue (Wycoff, NJ/Ramapo) was up to the task collecting his seventh shutout of the season. Tigue made five stops on six shots by TCNJ senior Brian Galicia (Brick, NJ/Ocean Township) and senior Kevin Luber (Delran, NJ/Delran) also got off five shots in the loss. Tigue finished with 10 saves in the game.

TCNJ drops to third place in the standings and awaits the outcome of tonight's game featuring Rowan University and Rutgers University-Newark. A loss by Rowan puts the Lions back in a second-place tie. Regardless of the result, the match at Rutgers-Newark will have an impact on the New Jersey Athletic Conference post-season for both teams. The two squads square off in Newark on Wednesday, October 28 at 7 p.m.