CAMDEN, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Rutgers University-Camden, ranked No. 3/4 in Division III in a pair of national polls, scored four times in the first 26 minutes of the game and extended its unbeaten streak to 31 consecutive games, with a 5-0 win over New Jersey City University in a New Jersey Athletic Conference men's soccer game on October 30 under the lights at Rutgers-Camden Community Park. With the win, the Scarlet Raptors capture the 2013 NJAC regular season championship.
 
NJCU's 55^th season of intercollegiate men's soccer ends with a record of 7-10-1 and 2-7 in the NJAC. The Gothic Knights lost their final six conference games after opening the year 2-1 in the league.
 
Camden (17-0-2, 7-0-2 NJAC), ranked No. 3 nationally by D3soccer.com, No.4 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and No. 1 in the NSCAA Division III South Atlantic Region, improves to 26-0-5 in its last 31 games—the 10^th longest unbeaten streak in Division III history. Camden, the two-time defending conference champions, completed a regular season undefeated for the first time in its history and will be the No. 1 seed in next week's NJAC Tournament.
 
RU-Camden outshot NJCU, 25-14, including 16-4 on net. In defeat, junior goalkeeper Ruben Morales (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) made 11 saves—three more than his previous career high.
 
Camden was paced by a hat trick from sophomore forward Mike Ryan who put all four of his shots on goal and tallied his 16^th, 17^th and 18^th goals of the season to account for the second, third and fourth goals of the evening for his first career three-goal game. Senior goalkeeper Mike Randall made four saves while notching his 10^th shutout of the season.
 
Senior Bobby Foster netted the eventual game-winner in the sixth minute and senior Forrest Bennfors scored the fifth goal. Meanwhile, junior midfielder Joe Auleta contributed a pair of assists on the first and third goals. Eric Cutri and Keegan Balle each tacked on one assist.
 
Camden jumped on the board 5:21 into the contest on a header from Foster off a restart by Auleta. Just over six minutes later, Ryan made it 2-0 off a pass in front from Cutry at 11:26. Auleta found Ryan on the right side of the box at 19:32 where he deposited his second goal of the game for a 3-0 advantage and Ryan added his third goal in a span of 16:26 when he deflected in a thru ball from Balle at 25:52. His 18 goals is one shy of Camden's single-season record. Bennfors notched the lone second-half goal at 80:12, scoring on a bullet into the left side following a handball outside the box by Morales.
 
In defeat for NJCU, its lone senior, All-NJAC and All-Region defender Mohamed Conteh (Trenton, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro North) and junior center midfielder Kelvin Flores (Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown) each had four shots.