Ewing, NJ... The College of New Jersey women's soccer team earned a shot at playing for the 2015 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship as the Lions pulled away from visiting Rutgers-Newark for a 5-0 win on Tuesday.
 
The win sends second-seeded TCNJ (12-2-4) to top-seeded Rowan (12-2-2) for the title game, which is set for Friday, November 6 at 6 p.m. The winner of that game will also earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Lions enter that game having won four of the last six conference championships.
 
Rutgers-Newark (13-8-1) saw their tournament run end, but the Scarlet Raiders look to earn a bid to the upcoming ECAC Tournament.
 
The Lions scored the only goal of the opening half on a nice effort by sophomore Jessica Goldman (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery), who collected the ball on near side and worked her way into the middle of the field. Once she created her own shooting space, the midfielder ripped a shot from 30 yards out that went just under the cross bar for a 1-0 Lion lead.
 
TCNJ broke out in the second half scoring four times to put the game away. The first two goals of the new half came 1:41 apart with junior Lauren Malajian (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley) getting the first and freshman Arielle Curtis (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) the second. Junior Marissa Scognamiglio (Orangeburg, NY/Pearl River) earned an assist on each of those goals and Goldman on the first of those two.
 
Sophomore Abigail Emmert (Pipersville, PA/Central Bucks East) made it 4-0 converting on a penalty kick, while freshman Kate Galgano (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) capped the scoring with 5:05 left in the game.
 
Senior keeper Jessica Weeder (Lebanon, NJ/Hunterdon Central) posted her 10^th win of the season, which was also her 10^th shutout.
 
Scarlet Raider goalie Veronika Tueros (Perth Amboy, NJ/Perth Amboy) finished with nine saves.