11-11-09 WSOCCER vs. MSMC (HIGHLIGHT VIDEO).mpg

JERSEY CITY, NJ (www.NJCUGothicKnights.com)...Sophomore forward JULIA CASERES (Union, NJ/Union) scored four times, including her 30th goal of the year, and broke New Jersey City Universitys single-season scoring record with 73 points as NJCU, playing in the first post-season game in the history of the program crushed Mount Saint Mary College (NY), 7-2, in an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Quarterfinal contest on Wednesday at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.

NJCU, which outshot MSMC 31-4, including 19-2 in the first half, increases its single-season records for victories (13) and goals (82) as the Gothic Knights improve to 13-8 overall. MSMCs season ends at 9-9-2 overall. The Blue Knights lead the all-time series, 7-5-1, but NJCU has won four of the last five meetings, including a season-opening 4-1 decision on September 1. NJCU, the third seed in the tournament, advances to the ECAC Metro Semifinals on Saturday, November 14 at 4 p.m. and will face #2 seeded William Paterson University (11-7-3). The Pioneers were 4-0 winners over #7 SUNY Old Westbury in another ECAC Quarterfinal. The game will played at a neutral site at Lubetkin Field on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ.




NJCU and WPU, the lone New Jersey Athletic Conference representatives in this years ECAC Tournament field, played on October 14 in Jersey City, and the Knights prevailed, 3-1.

Caseres broke the single-season NJCU scoring record with 73 points on 30 goals and 13 assists, eclipsing the standard of 69 points (32 goals, 5 assists) set last year by Jennifer Albuja.

Additionally, Caseres tied the single-season NJAC record for points by a womens soccer player at any conference school, matching the 73-point performance by Kean Universitys Noelle Meeke in 1995.




With 125 points (52 goals, 21 assists) in 41 career games, Caseres moved into ninth place in scoring in NJAC history.

Freshman forward ASHLEY CUNHA (Edison, NJ/Edison) had a goal and two assists in the game, giving her 51 points on the year—20 goals and 11 assists—tying the single-season rookie points mark achieved by Jennifer Albuja in 2007 (24 goals, 3 assists).

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