Jersey City, NJ... The College of New Jersey women's soccer team netted a pair of goals in the opening 10 minutes of the game and cruised from that point for a 6-0 win at New Jersey City University on Saturday.
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The win put the 17
th-rankeed Lions at 10-2 and 4-1 in New Jersey Athletic Conference play. The loss kept the Gothic Knights winless in league play at 0-5 and they are 3-6-2 overall.
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TCNJ carried play throughout as they fired 41 shots at NJCU's net, while the defense didn't allow any type of shot.
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Freshman
Jessica Goldman (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) opened the scoring 4:43 into the game with an assist from sophomore
Christine Levering (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville), while freshman
Elizabeth Thoresen (Colts Neck, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) doubled that margin just 1:26 later. That goal came on an assist from Goldman.
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Levering made it a 3-0 contest just over seven minutes later with her team-leading eighth of the season. That goal came on a feed from senior
Korrie Harkins (Wenonah, NJ/Gloucester Catholic). Â
The final goal of the period came when junior
Justine Larocca (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley) chipped in with her fourth tally of the year.
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In the second half, freshman
Hannah Richman (Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.) scored with an assist from classmate
Christina Stabile (Freehold, NJ/Freehold), while the final goal came off of the foot of
Marissa Scognamiglio (Orangeburg, NY/Pearl River). Both of those goals came in the final 10 minutes.
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Lion keeper
Kendra Griffith (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) picked up her second shutout in the last three days as she did not need to make a save.
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TCNJ resumes NJAC play on Wednesday, October 15 when they return home to take on Rutgers-Camden at 7:30 p.m.