New Jersey City University Athletics

 

 

STATEN ISLAND, NJ…Senior forward CHRIS ROSENTHAL (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) scored twice and added three assists to increase his career points total to 99, while freshman forward JUAN ESPINOZA (New Brunswick, NJ/Buen Pastor (Lima, Peru)) and sophomore forward LAURENS APUY (Wallington, NJ/Wallington) each scored twice, as New Jersey City University hammered the College of Staten Island, 9-0, in a non-conference game. NJCU outshot CSI, 44-3.

              

NJCU improves to 9-3 overall with its 16^th win in 19 games, and leads the all-time series, 14-7-3 since 1978. The Dolphins fall to 4-4-2. In the last two years, NJCU has outscored CSI, 17-1. NJCU led 5-0 at halftime. In all, 26 players saw action for the Gothic Knights in the rout.

              

Freshman midfielder EDISON BILBAO (Newark, NJ/St. Benedict’s Prep), sophomore forward MARCELO CARPIO (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) and sophomore forward JULIO GARCIA (West New York, NJ/Memorial) each scored single goals.

              

Freshman midfielder CRISTHIAN ACUNA (East Newark, NJ/Harrison), freshman forward JAMEL CARSON (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial), freshman midfielder JONATHAN BILBAO (Newark, NJ/St. Benedict’s Prep), junior midfielder CHRIS PALUMBO (Spotswood, NJ/Spotswood), freshman midfielder MIGUEL FONTÁN (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst), freshman defender GONZALO DAPIA (Kearny, NJ/Kearny), and sophomore midfielder JOHN JENSEN (Monroe, NJ/Monroe Township) all added assists for NJCU.

              

Rosenthal, who entered the game as NJCU’s all-time leader in goals (39) and points (92), just missed becoming the first member of the 100-point club, as he increased his totals to 41 goals and 99 points. Rosenthal now has 40 goals in his last 36 contests. After missing much of the early weeks of the season with injuries, Rosenthal now has 19 points (seven goals, five assists) in only eight games, and 11 points in his last three games. He is second on the team in scoring.

              

JUAN ESPINOZA" src="/images/msoccer/2005/10/3/09-11-05%20Juan%20Espinoza%204.jpg" width=150 align=left border=0>Espinoza continues to lead the club with goals (11) and points (23), and took over the New Jersey Athletic Conference lead in goals, points, and game-winning goals (4).

              

Espinoza gave NJCU a 1-0 lead just 1:52 into the contest off an assist from Rosenthal, and added his second goal at 10:01, courtesy of another Rosenthal helper.

              

Three minutes later, Rosenthal netted his 40^th goal at 13:01 off Acuna’s third assist. EDISON BILBAO tallied his second goal of the season at 25:07, from Carson, making it 4-0. Carpio notched his sixth goal of the season at 35:06, with JONATHAN BILBAO and Palumbo earning double assists, as the Knights extended the lead to 5-0 at the break.

              

Garcia’s fourth goal of the season at 46:25, gave Fontán his first career point. Apuy bagged his first goal of the year at 78:15 as Rosenthal contributed his third assist, the 17^th of his career, for a 7-0 edge. Just 1:23 later, Rosenthal put an EDISON BILBAO" src="/images/msoccer/2005/10/3/09-11-05%20Edison%20Bilbao%207.jpg" width=150 align=left border=0>exclamation mark on his day with his 41^st career goal at 79:38, with Dapia earning his second assist of the season. Apuy capped the scoring with his second goal at 80:59, as Jensen received his fourth assist.

 

Freshman goalkeeper RAFAEL ZABALA II (Montclair, NJ/Montclair) made his second career start and registered his first career shutout, without needing to make a save. It was NJCU’s sixth shutout in 12 games this year.

 

Senior Val Osmani (Staten Island, NY/Wagner) made nine saves in a five-goal first half. Sophomore Ronald Btesh (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Yeshiva Ramban) played the second half, stopping 10 shots, with four goals against.

 

NJCU is off until Saturday, October 8 when it hosts St. Joseph’s College (LI) at 1 p.m. at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.