BROOKLYN, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | In a game that saw more fouls than shots attempted for both sides, defending City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) champion Brooklyn College gained a 1-0 lead in the 38^th minute, then scored twice in an eight-minute span in the second half by countering New Jersey City University's attack and edged NJCU, 3-0, in a non-conference evening game on September 12 at Brooklyn College Field.
 NJCU (2-1-1) suffered its first loss of the season. It was the first-ever meeting between NJCU and Brooklyn (1-4). The Bulldogs are in their third-year of varsity competition and in their second year in 2013 went 15-4, won the CUNYAC title and reached the NCAA Tournament. However, against very challenging regional competition, Brooklyn had lost its first four games of the 2014 campaign.
 
Brooklyn outshot NJCU, 9-6, including 4-1 in the second half, and was called for 11 fouls and nine offsides. BC's Isabelle Lalami, Stefany Ibarra and Bergelie Louis each scored once and tallied an assist for the hosts.
 
The Bulldogs went ahead at the 37:35 mark as Lalami scored BC's first goal of the season dribbling through the defense off an assist from Jordan Kerwin.
 
With NJCU pressing forward, Brooklyn countered in the 70^th minute as Ibarra put the Bulldogs ahead two markers off a double assist from Louis and Lalami and in the 78^th minute, Louis finished a 1-on-1 in the box set up by an Ibarra through ball.
 
Senior goalkeeper and three-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference selection Brittany Hoffman (McMurray, PA/Peters Township) made three saves in defeat for NJCU. Rebecca Harmata stopped all three NJCU shots on target in a shutout effort.
 
All four NJCU shots (three on goal) were credited to junior midfielder and co-captain Amanda Filippone (Kenilworth, NJ/David Brearley).
 
NJCU was playing without its starting center midfielder, junior Kaydee Murphy (Bayonne, NJ/Holy Family Academy), who sat out with an injury.
 
The Gothic Knights next hit the pitch on Wednesday, September 17 at 4 p.m. in a non-conference tilt at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY.