EWING, N.J. – The No. 10 TCNJ women's soccer team's rookie reserves put together a banner night on Wednesday, accounting for all but one goal during a second-half surge that ended in a 4-0 rout of Susquehanna.
 
Jenny Ward scored twice – both on freshman-to-freshman connections – and Maggie Murphy added the first goal of her career for the Lions (6-0-2), who remained unbeaten with another display of dominance in their non-conference finale.
 
The Lions hardly let the River Hawks up for air, dominating possession from the opening whistle, but none of their first-half pressure paid dividends. Cassidy DiSabato had a pair of looks from 30 yards out on free kicks, and her second attempt bounded inches wide of the left post.
 
Abby Najdzinowicz was TCNJ's most dangerous weapon in the first frame, forcing Susquehanna keeper Katie Henchy into several last-ditch saves. Just shy of the midway point of the half, she sent a bender curling just over the top left corner of the crossbar, and at the half-hour mark Henchy had to go full extension to keep a Najdzinowicz shot out of the top left corner, tipping the shot wide of the post for a corner.
 
A minute later, Victoria D'Imperio fired just wide of the post from a tough angle on the right side of the box as the Lions amassed a 15-1 advantage in shots in the opening 45.
 
The floodgates opened early in the second half. D'Imperio headed in a Rachel Burkhard corner to break the deadlock in the 52^nd minute, and less than three minutes later Krott blazed past a defender and into the box before sending a pass across the face of goal that Ward easily managed to tap home to double the spread.
 
Ward made it a brace in the 63^rd, taking a pass from Weidner and sending a low shot through a thicket of defenders and into the lower right corner of the netting. Murphy capped the scoring in the 76^th minute, knocking home the rebound after Henchy parried Alyssa Alfano's close-range shot off the post.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ outshot the River Hawks, 40-2, putting half of those shots on target
• D'Imperio led all players with eight shots and Najdzinowicz added seven, five of which were on frame
• Alfano, Murphy, Ward, and Weidner all registered three shots off the bench
• Bella Norman made a save in the closing minutes after taking over for starter Ellen Williams with just under five minutes remaining
• Henchy racked up 16 saves for Susquehanna

NOTES

• D'Imperio's goal was the 40^th of her career and moved her all alone into 6^th in program history. With 90 career points, she tied Elizabeth Thoresen '18 for 10^th all-time
• Ward netted her first career brace and now has three goals on the season
• Murphy's goal was the first of her career, while Krott and Weidner each grabbed their first career assist; Weidner's marked her first collegiate point
• Nadjzinowicz made her first start with TCNJ

UP NEXT

• The Lions open NJAC play at home against Kean on Saturday