The Basics: |
The Matchup: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (1-8-0, 0-2 NJAC, Lost 6) vs. |
| Kean University Cougars (9-1-0, 1-0 NJAC, Won 7) |
Date: | Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
Time: | 3 p.m. |
Place: | Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field |
Series: | Kean leads, 35-18-3. |
Last Meeting: | October 1, 2014 in Union, NJ. |
Last Result: | Kean, 2-1 |
Last NJCU Win: | October 2, 2013 in Jersey City, NJ. NJCU won, 2-0. |
Rankings | Kean is ranked No. 8 in the NSCAA NCAA Division III South Atlantic Region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Kean also received 9 points in this week's D3soccer.com national poll |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Kean Twitter: | @KeanAthletics |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUMSOC | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsKean | #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 |
NJCU looks to snap a six-game losing streak against the defending New Jersey Athletic Conference champions. Kean looks to continue its seven-game winning streak.
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to #12 Montclair StateIn its last action on September 23, NJCU took a nationally ranked team to the half scoreless for the third time this season before. No. 12/13 ranked Montclair State University scored 2:21 into the second half, then added a pair of goals in a span of 58 seconds to seal it in the middle of the period before claiming a 4-0 win over the Gothic Knights.
Matt Hendrickson scored the first two goals for the Red Hawks in the 48th and 65th minutes and
Rafael Terci added a goal and an assist—contributing to both tallies in the 65th and 66th minutes.
Abdou Touray, NJCU's second leading scorer, was lost with an injury in the first half which delayed the game 38 minutes.
Scoreless at the Half:NJCU has taken an opponent to the half scoreless five times this season and in three straight games. However, the Knights have lost all five 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) and 9/23/15 vs. #12 Montclair State. NJCU has lost all five games.
Kean Tid-bites:- Kean's nine points in the D3soccer.com national poll would be equivalent to a No. 44 national listing.
- Kean's seven-game winning streak matches Rowan for the longest active streak in the league.
- Kean is one of six NJAC schools ranked in the Top 10 in the South Atlantic Region. The NJAC is dominating the poll with Montclair State (2nd), Rutgers-Camden (4th), Rowan (5th), Rutgers-Newark (7th), Kean (8th) and Stockton (10th). Meanwhile, even TCNJ (7 points, 11th) is receiving votes in a year where anyone can win the conference title.
- Kean has not lost since a 1-0 result at Swarthmore in the finals of a tournament on September 6.
- Kean has posted five shutouts and has allowed only six goals in 10 games. The Cougars have outscored opponents, 41-6 and average 4.10 goals per game.
- Kean has an incredible 134-35 margin in shots on goal this season and 275-90 differential in total shots.
- Kean has an 85-20 margin in corner kicks this year.
- Kean has 17 goals in the first half and 24 in the second half of games. Opponents have scored just three times in each period.
- With the exception of the loss to Swarthmore, Kean has scored at least three goals in every game, tallied at least five goals four times, and put away as many as seven strikes. That 7-0 win over Medgar Evers on September 8 saw the team also post a season-high 48 shots.
- Sevag Kherlopian, a First-Team All-NJAC selection last year as a freshman, leads the conference in shots (61), shots per game (6.78), points (26), points per game (2.89) and game-winning goals (4). He ranks second in goals (10), assists (6) and assists per game (0.67), and third in goals per game (1.11).
- As a team, Kean leads the NJAC in shots (275), shots per game (27.50), points per game (11.70), assists (35), assists per game (3.50), corner kicks (85), shutouts (5), goals against average (0.60) and fewest goals allowed (6). The squad lists second in points (117) and goals (41) to Montclair State (118 points, 46 goals).
- Goalkeeper Chidi Iloka leads the NJAC in shutouts (3) and lists second in the conference in goals against average (0.49) and third in save percentage (.864).
