WSOCCER: NJCU vs. ROWAN (10-19-2009)

JERSEY CITY, NJ (www.NJCUGothicKnights.com)...While the final result is a 1-0 win for #10/12 ranked Rowan University, the New Jersey City University womens soccer team proved on Monday afternoon they can play with any team in the country. Rowan scored its lone goal in the 62nd minute on a defensive mistake and managed to stave off a furious comeback by the Gothic Knights, as the Profs survived for a 1-0 win in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.

With the win, Rowan improves to 13-1-1 and 7-0-0 in the NJAC, and with its 10th consecutive victory, captures the schools first-ever NJAC regular season championship. The Profs, ranked #10 nationally by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and 12th by D3Soccer.com, lead the all-time series, 12-0. The Profs outshot NJCU, 25-14; each team had three corners. The game was a makeup of a postponement from October 17.

For NJCU, it was the closest the rising program has ever come to knocking off a nationally ranked opponent. The Knights see their three-game winning streak end, falling to 10-7 overall and 2-5 in the NJAC. NJCU also suffered only its second home loss of the year (6-2).

In a game which featured the top two scoring offenses in Division III and the top five individual scorers in the conference, the contest will be remembered as a defensive struggle. NJCU (62 goals) and Rowan (48) had combined for 110 goals between the schools entering the game.

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