EWING, N.J. – Cassidy DiSabato and Victoria D'Imperio scored first-half goals and the top-seeded TCNJ women's soccer team cruised into the NJAC championship game with a convincing 2-0 win over New Jersey City on Wednesday night.
 
The Lions (16-0-2) stayed unbeaten and will host the conference final against third-seeded Montclair State – a 2-1 overtime winner at second-seeded Rowan on Wednesday night – at noon on Saturday.
 
DiSabato got the scoring started in the 16^th minute, finishing a cross from Alyssa Alfano after Allie O'Keefe's looping header sprung Alfano free down the right side of the box.
 
D'Imperio doubled the spread with 1:20 to go in the first half, taking a pass from Caroline Freer and maneuvering her way to a right-footed shot from just outside the box that screamed into the bottom right corner of the net. The goal was the 50^th of her career, making her the fourth player in program history to reach that milestone.
 
The Lions came close to scoring several times in the second half, but were unable to get a third past all-conference goalie Sophia Mannino. Thanks to a defense that allowed just three shots, it hardly mattered, and TCNJ will go for back-to-back conference crowns at the weekend.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ held a 27-3 advantage in shots and 5-0 edge in corner kicks
• D'Imperio put up a game-high six shots
• Ava Curtis recorded five shots, Emily Weidner had four, and Abby Najdzinowics registered three
• Mannino racked up 10 saves
• Ellen Williams made the only save she needed to post her 11^th solo clean sheet of the year

NOTES

• The Lions will match up with Montclair State for the NJAC championship for the first time since a 3-2 double-overtime thriller won by TCNJ in 2019
• TCNJ's seven-match shutout streak ties its longest since the 2021 campaign in which the Lions advanced to the national championship game
• D'Imperio joins Christine Levering (61 goals), Traci Tapp (58), and Dana DiBruno (55) as 50-goal scorers at TCNJ
• Alfano became the 11th player in program history to have 10 assists in a season
• Williams is the eighth goalie in TCNJ history to notch double-digit solo shutouts in a season

UP NEXT

• The Lions host Montclair State in the NJAC championship on Saturday