New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score GAME PROGRAM/NOTES: Gothic Knight Insights feature, KARLA REYES-ABRIL
SENIOR DAY PHOTO GALLERY

JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Rutgers University-Camden scored twice in the second half to pull away after a tightly-played first 45 minutes as the Scarlet Raptors defeated New Jersey City University, 3-0, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference women's soccer game on October 30 at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.
 
The game was the season finale for both schools. NJCU finished at 1-11-1 (0-9-0 NJAC), dropping its final 10 games. The Raptors (5-11-2, 2-7 NJAC) snapped a three-game skid with the win, outshooting the Gothic Knights, 24-2, including 16-2 in the second half.
 
Prior to the game, NJCU honored its lone senior, four-year defender KARLA REYES-ABRIL (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex), on Senior Day. She had both of NJCU's shots in the outing.
 
In defeat, two-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference junior goalkeeper BRITTANY HOFFMAN (McMurray, PA/Peters Township), the NCAA Division III leader in saves per game entering the contest (14.58), made seven stops. She finished the year with 182 saves, averaging exactly 14 saves per game.
 
Sophomore forward CASSIE LUBONSKI (Edison, NJ/Edison), the program's backup keeper, made a team save in the 63^rd minute. NJCU, which entered the game leading the country in saves per game as a team (16.33 per game), finished the season averaging 15.69 per contest, which should be enough to capture the NCAA national statistical title in the category.
 
Three different players scored for the Raptors, led by freshman forward Catherine Fiore (Oaklyn, NJ/Paul VI), who scored the eventual game-winning goal in the 12^th minute—her team-best fifth goal of the season—and assisted on the game's second goal in the 64^th minute.
 
Freshman forward Sarah Boucot (Sickerville, NJ/Paul VI) netted her first collegiate goal for a 2-0 lead while junior defender Lindsay Russo (Mickleton, NJ/Kingsway Regional) tallied her third goal of the season. Senior forward Camille Graham (Washington Township, NJ/Washington Township) assisted on the game-winner.
 
Senior keeper Leighanna Milby (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional) played 90 minutes in net without facing a shot on goal while registering Camden's seventh shutout of the season.
 
Camden got the only goal it needed at the 11:52 mark as Graham chipped a ball into the box from the right wing that dropped between Hoffman and two defenders, and before it could be cleared, Fiore vaulted a shot over Hoffman top shelf on the right side. The assist was Graham's first of the year. The Raptors outshot NJCU, 8-0, in the first half.
 
Camden had breakaway chances in the 41^st and 62^nd minutes and several dangerous crosses thwarted by Hoffman. At 62:00, Boucot nearly scored before her shot from inside the six was cleared off the line on the left post by Lubonski.
 
Two minutes later the Raptors did add an insurance goal as Hoffman made a great save on an initial chance in front of the left post by Fiore, only to see the rebound come right to the feet of Boucot, for an easy follow at 63:57. The guests added a goal at the 79:55 mark when Russo found the upper left corner from 25 yards out.