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The Basics: |
The Matchup: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (1-11-0, 0-5 NJAC, Lost 9) vs. |
| Ramapo College Roadrunners (6-6-2, 0-4-1 NJAC, Won 1) |
Date: | Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
Time: | 3 p.m. |
Place: | Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field |
Series: | Series is tied, 19-19-5. Ramapo has won the last two meetings. |
Last Meeting: | October 15, 2014 in Mahwah, NJ |
Last Result: | Ramapo, 3-1 |
Last NJCU Win: | September 19, 2012 in Mahwah, NJ. NJCU won, 5-2. |
Rankings: | None |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Ramapo Twitter: | @RCNJRoadrunners |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUMSOC | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsRCNJ | #FortressOn440 |
Live Stats Coverage: | http://sidearmstats.com/njcu/msoc/ or http://sidearmstats.com/njcu/msoc/media |
Live Video Coverage: | https://www.youtube.com/user/NJCUGothicKnights/live |
Both teams seek their first conference wins of the season today. NJCU (0-5-0), Ramapo (0-4-1) and The College of New Jersey (0-4) are the only teams without a win in the league this season.
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to Regionally-Ranked StocktonIn its last action on October 7, NJCU held an opponent scoreless in the first half for the sixth time this season, and for the sixth time, the Gothic Knights could not get a positive result. Stockton University scored five times on 12 shots in the second half and blanked NJCU, 5-0, in Galloway, NJ.
Searching for GoalsNJCU has been shutout in four consecutive games and seven times this season. NJCU has been outscored, 39-8, this year after scoring just 12 times last year (36-12 differential). NJCU is mired in a scoreless minutes drought of 386:49.
Scoreless at the Half:NJCU has taken an opponent to the half scoreless six times this season. However, the Knights have lost all six of those games (9/4/2015 vs. John Jay, 9/12/15 vs. #1 Christopher Newport, 9/19/15 at NYU, 9/21/15 at Rutgers-Camden), 9/23/15 vs. #12 Montclair State and 10/7 at Stockton.
To Know RE: Ramapo:- Ramapo leads the NJAC in saves a team with 80 overall and 5.71 per game.
- Ryan Campbell is fourth in the league in shots (47) and shots per game (4.62). His eight goals tie for sixth in the conference. Justin Olaya is 11th with six goals.
- Goalkeeper Ryan Sprague leads the conference by a substantial margin in save percentage, stopping .862 of the shots he has faced. The next closest player is Kean's Chidi Iloka at .825. Sprague ranks 28th nationally. Sprague leads the NJAC in saves per game (6.25) and ranks second in total stops (50). He has a 1.04 goals against average and three shutouts.
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