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Bella Vilic
Zach Diaz
5
Winner TCNJ TCNJ (12-1-2, 7-1-0)
0
Ramapo RCNJ (3-5-5, 0-5-3)
Winner
TCNJ TCNJ
(12-1-2, 7-1-0)
5
Final
0
Ramapo RCNJ
(3-5-5, 0-5-3)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
TCNJ TCNJ 2 3 5
Ramapo RCNJ 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Conner Gilson

Seventh-Ranked Women's Soccer Sprints Past Roadrunners, 5-0

MAHWAH, N.J. - The No. 7 TCNJ women's soccer team kicked off its two-game road trip to end the regular season with a match against Ramapo Saturday afternoon, jumping in front early and never looking back in a 5-0 shutout win over the Roadrunners.
 
As has been the case for much of the 2026 campaign, the Lions (12-1-2, 7-1 NJAC) took less than five minutes to score the game's opening goal courtesy of Jenny Ward. The junior wasted no time putting TCNJ in front, scoring her team- and NJAC-best 12th goal of the season just 3:24 into the match when she sent her first shot of the day into the back of the net on a cross from Alyssa Alfano.
 
The senior added herself to the scoring column three minutes later, converting from the penalty spot to double the Lions' lead before Ramapo (3-5-5, 0-4-3 NJAC) could register its first shot of the afternoon.
 
TCNJ's advantage would stay at two over the remainder of the first half before the Lions added three more in the second to put the game out of reach.
 
First to strike was Lexi Caruso, who turned a Caroline Freer free kick into her third goal of the season to put TCNJ up 3-0 in the 67th minute. The game's final two goals were scored by Isabella Vilic – the first two of her career – with the sophomore beating the Roadrunners' defense to a pair of loose balls to bag her first collegiate brace and extend the Lions' lead to five before the final whistle sounded.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • TCNJ outshot Ramapo 32-2, including a 20-0 edge in shots on goal.
  • The Lions took seven corners to the Roadrunners' four.
  • Alfano, Ward and Vilic shared the team-lead in shots on goal with three each.
  • Ellen Williams was not forced to make a save in the shutout win.
NOTES
  • Today's win – paired with Stockton's loss to New Paltz – secured TCNJ the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the upcoming NJAC Tournament
  • Ward now sits alone atop the NJAC with 12 goals this season.
    • The junior extended her streak of games with a goal and/or assist to nine.
  • Alfano posted her first game with both a goal and assist since TCNJ's season opener.
    • The senior's 28 career assists put her in sole possession of 6th on the Lions' all-time list.
  • This was Lexi Caruso's first career game with a goal and an assist.
  • Vilic's goals are the first and second of her collegiate career.
UP NEXT
  • TCNJ is on the road Wednesday, October 28 for its regular-season finale against Stockton, with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m.
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