Box score

Ewing, NJ … The College of New Jersey men's soccer team suffered a tough, 3-2 overtime loss to William Paterson University in New Jersey Athletic Conference play on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Lions (4-6-4, 0-4-2 NJAC) had a pair of one-goal leads in the contest, but the Pioneers (10-2-2, 4-1-1 NJAC) went ahead when it mattered most as senior Joe Maddolin (Dumont, NJ/Dumont) scored the game-winner off a corner kick with 1:28 remaining in the first overtime period.
 
Junior Taylor Gregory (Sea Girt, NJ/Wall) and freshman Ryan Sullivan (Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata) each scored for TCNJ, while junior Vince McEnroe (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) and senior Ed Kozic (Raritan, NJ/Immaculata) added assists.
 
The Lions got on the scoreboard just ten minutes into the match. McEnroe sent a ground pass off a corner kick to the top of the box. Gregory streaked in and ripped a one-timer into the top left-hand corner of the net for his third goal of the season.
 
WPU came back to the tie the game late in the half. Maddolin flicked a throw-in to the head of classmate Anthony Ferrer (Lake Hiawatha, NJ/Parsippany) who found the back of the net for his 13^th goal of the season.
 
Early in the second period, Kozic touched the ball to Sullivan in front of the net and he promptly deposited it for a 2-1 lead. It was Sullivan's first collegiate goal.
 
With just over 10 minutes remaining in the match, junior Michael Encarnacion (Franklin, NJ/Passaic County Tech) collected a rebound off the crossbar and punched in his first goal of the year to knot the game at two.
 
The Lions had an excellent scoring chance in the 94^th minute when Kevin Shaw (Brookside, NJ/West Morris Mendham) took a shot from the left side of the box that was deflected by Pioneer goalkeeper Zach Collins (Bayville, NJ/Central Regional). The loose ball bounced in front, but a WPU defender cleared it to end the threat.
 
The Pioneers secured their 10^th win when sophomore Matt Nigro (Morganville, NJ/Marlboro) served a corner kick that Maddolin put away for his fourth goal of the year.
 
Lions junior goalkeeper Matt Frederick (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Mt. Laurel) finished the game with 6 saves, while Collins had 5 saves on the day
 
TCNJ returns to action this Saturday, October 15 when they host Kean University in TCNJ's Soccer Complex at 1 p.m.