Ewing, NJ... The College of New Jersey men's soccer coach George Nazario earned his 200^th career win at the helm of the program as his Lions opened the season with a 5-0 triumph over York (NY) College on Wednesday, September 2.
 
Nazario, who is in his 20^th season, now boasts a career mark of 200-142-41.
 
The Lions broke through in the latter stages of the opening period when junior Mike Schiumo (Sparta, NJ/Sparta) tallied with 1:25 left before the break. He cashed in on sliding touch, pushing the ball past the keeper after taking a nice feed from senior Greg Kaye (Morganville, NJ/Marlboro).
 
TCNJ tacked on four goals in the second frame with Sean Etheridge (Oakland, NJ/Ramapo) making it a 2-0 game just over 10 minutes into the new period.
 
Junior Nick Costelloe (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township) and freshman Nick Sample (New Egypt, NJ/New Egypt) then scored goals 4:45 apart quickly doubling the advantage to 4-0.
 
Sophomore Michael Kassick (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) capped off the scoring with 7:39 left, knocking in a loose ball on a scramble in front of the Cardinal net.
 
In goal for the Lions, junior Jake Nesteruk (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East) finished made one save as he shared the shutout with freshman Joe Jingoli (Princeton, NJ/Pennington School).
 
York's Masamba Darme finished with eight saves.
 
The Lions have a busy weekend ahead as they compete in the Drew University Fall Festival. TCNJ takes on the College of Staten Island on Saturday, before facing Roanoke College the following day.