New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score GAME PROGRAM/NOTES: Gothic Knight Insights, CASSIE LUBONSKI

JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Two-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference junior goalkeeper BRITTANY HOFFMAN (McMurray, PA/Peters Township) recorded 29 saves—the sixth most in New Jersey City University history and the most in a game by any player in the New Jersey Athletic Conference since 2002—to keep the Gothic Knights from falling too far behind before No. 22 ranked Rowan University ultimately settled for a 5-0 NJAC victory on September 28 at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.
  Rowan, ranked 22^nd nationally by D3soccer.com and seventh in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III South Atlantic Region rankings, won its fifth in a row, improving to 9-1 (2-0 NJAC) by outshooting NJCU (1-5-1, 0-3 NJAC, lost four), 53-0.
 
Rowan led 2-0 at halftime with a 23-0 edge in shots, and continued its pursuit of the net in the second half when it added three goals in 30 shot attempts. Five different players scored for the Profs.
 
Hoffman, the reigning NJAC and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week, has now stopped 20 or more shots in three consecutive games, obliterated her previous career high of 21 saves against William Paterson University on September 21; she also had 20 saves in a loss to Ramapo College on September 25. Her 29 saves are the most by any player at NJCU or in the NJAC since former Gothic Knight Kasheeba Johnson made 30 saves in a loss at Mount Saint Mary (NY) on September 14, 2002.
 
For Hoffman, many of her saves were difficult stops, leaping to tip balls over the crossbar or diving post-to-post to set aside chances. She also disrupted Rowan's attack by cutting off dangerous crosses and smothered a pair of near own goals. She reached double figures in saves for the 15^th time in her career.
 
Rowan freshman midfielder Lisa Cella (Middletown, NJ/Middletown North) finally put the Profs on the board late in the 23^rd minute (22:53) when she received a pass from the right and after Hoffman thwarted her first shot from inside the six along the right post, immediately tucked the rebound down the middle of the net for her fourth goal of the season.
 
Freshman midfielder Megan Carchidi (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional) made it 2-0 in the 33^rd minute (32:04) when junior defender Deandra Turchi (Turnersville, NJ/Paul VI) dished a thru ball up the middle to set up a breakaway chance. Hoffman was still able to get a piece of the 1-v-1 shot, but not enough to keep it out of the net. The goal was Carchidi's third and Turchi's second assist.
 
The advantaged Profs controlled tempo in the second half, adding goals in the 49^th, 65^th and 73^rd minutes. At 48:40, junior midfielder Victoria Camera (Hamilton, NJ/Hamilton West) netted her third goal of the year when senior midfielder Dayna Sakalsky (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) played a ball across the box on the ground from the left endline, for an easy tap-in marker. The assist was Sakalsky's fifth of the year and 17^th point.

TOP 10 SINGLE-GAME SAVES, INDIVIDUAL, NJCU HISTORY
RANK	SAVES	GOALKEEPER	DATE	OPPONENT	SHOTS	RESULT
1.	38	Amanda Cobb	09/09/2000	William Paterson University	50-0	L, 0-11
2.	34	Amanda Cobb	09/27/2000	at Ramapo College	43-1	L, 0-6
3.	32	Amanda Cobb	10/07/1998	at The College of New Jersey	n/a	L, 0-9
4t.	30	Kasheeba Johnson	09/14/2002	at Mount Saint Mary College	62-0	L, 0-8
4t.	30	Amanda Cobb	10/10/1998	at St. Thomas Aquinas	n/a	L, 0-8
6.	29	BRITTANY HOFFMAN	09/28/2013	#22 Rowan University	53-0	L, 0-5
7t.	28	Amanda Cobb	09/07/2000	St. Joseph's College (LI)	30-7	L, 0-2
7t.	28	Amanda Cobb	09/26/1998	College of St. Elizabeth	n/a	L, 1-7
9t.	27	Gina Sgroi	10/01/2003	Ramapo College	49-4	L, 0-3
10t.	26	Gina Sgroi	10/15/2003	Montclair State University	63-0	L, 0-7
10t.	26	Amanda Cobb	10/14/2000	Richard Stockton College	30-0	L, 0-4
10t.	26	Amanda Cobb	09/22/1998	Montclair State University	n/a	L, 0-10
10t.	26	Amanda Cobb	09/29/1997	at FDU-Florham	n/a	L, 0-3

 
Junior forward Erika Suhl (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) regained the league lead in points (18) from Sakalsky with her sixth goal of the season, scoring unassisted at 64:30 on a breakaway shot that just zipped past the diving hands of Hoffman. Sophomore forward Tiffany Kelly (Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany) added her sixth goal of the season at 72:13, assisted by junior defender Allison Barker (Croydon, PA/Conwell-Egan Catholic)'s second helper of the year, when Barker slipped a perfect thru ball into the box onto the feet of her teammate for a breakaway finished to the right.
 
Rowan freshman keepers Meagan Schaefer (Audubon, NJ/Audubon) and Jamie Cheeka (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) split time in net, 68:44 and 21:16, respectively, without either facing a shot, corner or cross.
 
NJCU is back in action on Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30 p.m. when it faces Kean University in NJAC action in Union, NJ.