New Jersey City University Athletics

 

JERSEY CITY, NJ…Richard Stockton College had four different players score a goal and outshot New Jersey City University, 37-7, as the Ospreys defeated NJCU, 4-0, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference women’s soccer game at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field. Freshman goalkeeper KELLY REILLY (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville Memorial) made 17 saves for the Gothic Knights, and now has 38 stops in her last two games.

 

Stockton improves to 8-2-1 overall and 2-1-0 in the league, while NJCU falls below .500 for the first time this season (4-5-0, 0-4-0 NJAC). Stockton leads the all-time series, 13-0.

 

Stockton outshot NJCU 19-3 in the first period and led 3-0 at the half. Sophomore midfielder Marissa Weick (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal just 3:07 into the first period, when she tracked down a loose ball off a rebound outside of the box, and left unmarked, buried a shot from 15-yards away inside the high right post for her first goal of the year.

 

The Ospreys took a 2-0 lead at 27:48 when sophomore forward Lauren O’Shea (Petersburg, NJ/Ocean City) gained control of a clear off an NJCU team save, and tucked a shot inside the left post for her fourth goal of the year.

 

Senior defender Katie Henderson (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) made it 3-0 at 39:31 when she gained possession from the Knights, made several moves around the defense, and rifled a shot inside the right post for her second goal of the season.

 

Stockton capped the scoring at 76:13 of the second half when freshman forward Leah Pocoroba (Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit) fed a thru ball from the midfield that created a breakaway goal by freshman forward Shelley Gibney (Shamong, NJ/Seneca) on the left wing. It was Gibney’s second goal of the year and Pocoroba’s first assist. Stockton had an 18-4 advantage in shots in the second period.

 

Stockton used three keepers in the game. Junior Alex Rogers (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) played the first 45:00 and junior Danielle Nettleton (Mount Laurel, NJ/Mount Laurel) logged 18:28 of action; neither made a save. Senior Melissa Stuhler (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) made two saves in the final 26:32.

 

NJCU freshman striker JENNIFER ALBUJA (Union City, NJ/Hoboken) had five of NJCU’s seven shots, to match Gibney for a game high. Freshman defender ERICA BUONACQUISTA (Aberdeen, NJ/Bayonne) had a team save for the Knights.

 

NJCU is back in action on Monday, October 1 at 4 p.m. when it hosts Keystone College in a non-conference game at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field. Stockton next plays on October 3 at 7 pm at FDU-Florham.