The College of New Jersey Athletics

Ewing, NJ... The College of New Jersey women's soccer team picked up another New Jersey Athletic Conference win on Saturday as the Lions cruised past visiting New Jersey City University, 9-0 on Saturday.
 
The 10^th-ranked Lions are 4-0-1 against conference opponents and are 9-0-3 overall. The loss dropped the Gothic Knights to 4-7-1 overall and 0-4 in NJAC play.
 
TCNJ used two quick goals to get rolling as senior Taylor Lusardi (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) opened the scoring 19:27 into the game. Junior Marissa Scognamiglio (Orangeburg, NY/Pearl River) made it 2-0 just 1:48 later with an assist from sophomore Elizabeth Thoresen (Colts Neck, NJ/Red Bank Catholic).
 
Junior Lauren Malajian (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley) made it 3-0 six minutes later, cashing in on an assist from Justine Larocca (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley).
 
Thoresen then made it 4-0, before Malajian added two more goals before the break, capping off her hat trick.
 
Freshman Kate Galgano (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) then added two more goals for the Lions in the second half, while classmate Kailey Russo (Vineland, NJ/Delsea Regional) added the other.
 
Senior keeper Jessica Weeder (Lebanon, NJ/North Hunterdon) earned the win as she had one save.
 
In goal for NJCU, senior Cassie Lubonski (Edison, NJ/Edison) finished with 11 stops.
 
TCNJ continues league play on Wednesday, October 14 when they head to Rutgers-Camden for a 7 p.m. start with the Scarlet Raptors, while the Gothic Knights are at Ramapo College.