Middlebury, VT... Senior Brittany McGinley (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) scored her team-leading 13th and 14th goals of the season to lead The College of New Jersey (13-3-2) to a 3-0 win over Roger Williams (14-7-1) in an NCAA women's soccer first-round game played at Middlebury College.
 
The Lions advance to take on Middlebury, a 2-0 winner over Lasell College, in the regional final on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
TCNJ had a golden opportunity in the 13th minute as McGinley was in a footrace to the ball with Roger Williams' keeper Stephanie Jaques. McGinley won the race and got a shot off, but the ball hit the right post and squirted free. The Lions threatened again with a one-touch by Amy Van Dyk (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) going just wide in the 33rd minute.
 
TCNJ got on the board a few minutes later, when McGinley scored on a rebound. Van Dyk's original rocket from the outside was stopped by a diving save from Jaques, with the rebound coming right to McGinley, who blasted it home from 15 yards away.
 
Leading 1-0 early in the second half, McGinley was looking for her second goal as she headed a throw-in by Allyson Anderson (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant), but the shot was cleared from the goal by a header by a Hawk defender. Two minutes later, Korrie Harkins (Wenonah, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) beat Jaques with a shot to the short side, but the ball hit the far post.
 
Roger Williams threatened in the 58th minute, with Lion keeper Cristina Gacos (Sea Girt, NJ/Wall) making a diving save on a free kick by Maddy Howard. The ensuing corner kick was cut off by Gacos to thwart another scoring opportunity.
 
The Lions made it a 2-0 game at 62:21 when Sloan DePiero (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) headed in a nice feed from Anderson for her third of the season. McGinely netted her second of the game at 81:12, quickly one-touching a shot into the net from close-range, after a short lofting pass from Lauren Giles (Deptford, NJ/Deptford Township).
 
Roger Williams nearly broke up the shutout with three minutes remaining, with Laurin Pendleton's open look sailing just high over the crossbar.
 
Gacos finished the game with a pair of saves to earn her 10th shutout of the season, while Jaques made eight stops for Roger Williams.