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BRONX, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Junior center defender MOHAMED CONTEH (Trenton, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro North) led a defensive unit that allowed just four shots on goal, and snapped a 57-minute deadlock when he put away a rebounded shot in the 79^th minute as New Jersey City University outlasted Lehman College, 2-1, in a non-conference men's soccer game on October 1 on Lehman's South Field.
 
NJCU wins for the second time in three days and collects win No. 8 on the season (8-4), outshooting the Lightning (3-8-1), 20-12. NJCU, which also had an 8-2 margin in corner kicks, leads the all-time series, 10-3-3 (51-20 goals differential) and won the fifth consecutive meeting between the schools.
 
Conteh netted his first goal as a Gothic Knight at the 78:52 mark when he knocked in the rebound from outside the 18 of a saved shot taken by rookie midfielder ALEC METSCH (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick),
 
Rookie forward ABOUBACAR DIAWARA (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) scored a game-tying goal less than three minutes after Lehman had taken a 1-0 first half lead. Senior midfielder NANA KOFI KUSI (Newark, NJ/Kumasi Academy (Ghana) dribbled down the left wing before sending a pass in front where Diawara had an open look at the net at the 21:42 mark, putting away his third goal of the season off Kofi Kusi's first assist.
 
Lehman had gained a 1-0 lead at the 19:06 mark when sophomore defender Carlos Ribeiro (Bronx, NY) took a free kick from near midfield that was headed into the goal by sophomore midfielder Jonathan Moallem (New Rochelle, NY), who tallied his first goal of the season.
 
Junior goalkeeper SHELDON PARKINSON (New Rochelle, NY/Herbert H. Lehman (Bronx, NY) made three saves—all in the second half—to preserve the one-goal win. NJCU is 2-4 in one-goal contests this year. Sophomore keeper Maurice Whyte (Kingston, Jamaica) made six saves for the Lightning.
 
Diawara led NJCU with five shots while Conteh and Metsch each had four looks. Moallem was Lehman's shot leader with four.
 
NJCU faces its stiffest challenge of the season on Wednesday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. when it hosts New York University at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field. NJCU is 4-1 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Violets are 9-0-0 overall and ranked No. 6 nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and No. 8 by D3soccer.com; both rankings may potentially rise when the new national polls are released on October 2.