MEN’S SOCCER GAME 17: NJCU vs. The College of New Jersey • Saturday, October 26, 2013 (2 p.m.) GAME NOTES 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (7-8-1) THE SERIES: TCNJ leads, 47- STATISTICAL LEADERS F•8/30 N Brooklyn 1 L, 0-2 7-3 in a series that dates to 1959. LAST MEETING: October 20, 2012 in Ew- NJCU (thru 10/25/2013) Su•9/1 A Staten Island 1 W, 8-0 • ing, NJ. TCNJ won, 6-3. The Lions scored Points: W 9/4 H CCNY W, 5-3 six straight goals, including five in the sec- • 2 1. Aboubacar Diawara...... 21 Sa 9/7 A Johns Hopkins L, 0-1 ond half following a 1-1 halftime deadlock. Su•9/8 A Goucher 2 L, 1-2 The loss eliminated NJCU from the NJAC 2. Mohamed Conteh...... 11 W•9/11 H BARUCH W, 6-1 Tournament race. Eddy Tejada, Abou- 3t. Marco Avella...... 10 Sa•9/14 H ALUMNI GAME Gold 5, Gray 4 bacar Diawara and Mohamed Conteh 3t. Andy Caban...... 10 • Sa 9/21 A William Paterson * W, 2-1 scored for NJCU. Tyler Higgins registered a Goals: W•9/25 H RAMAPO * L, 2-3 (2 OT) hat trick for the Lions—his first three goals W•10/2 H KEAN * W, 2-0 of the season—and all in the second half. 1. Aboubacar Diawara...... 9 Sa•10/5 A Richard Stockton * L, 0-7 Kevin Shaw had two goals and one assist. 2t. Marco Avella/Andy Caban...... 4 • LAST TIME OUT: On Tuesday, NJCU Tu 10/8 A NYU T, 2-2 (2 OT) Mohamed Conteh 3t. Mohamed Conteh/Kelvin Flores.....3 • played its first home night soccer game in Sa 10/12 A Rowan * L, 2-6 school (at Caven Point) and defeated Mari- 3t. Edwin Umanzor...... 3 M•10/14 H ST. JOSEPH’S (LI) W, 6-2 6t. Justin Aponte/Davauno Brown.. 2 • time, 4-1. Four different players scored, in- W 10/16 A Rutgers-Newark L, 0-7 cluding two insurance goals in a span of 31 • 6t. Andrew Lopes/Manny Martis.... 2 Sa 10/19 H #8 MONTCLAIR STATE L, 1-4 seconds in the 89th minute by Aboubacar 6t. Bryan Pino/Jon-Carlos Sosa...... 2 Tu•10/22 H MARITIME COLLEGE 3 W, 4-1 Diawara and Davauni Brown, who each tal- Sa•10/26 H TCNJ * 2 p.m. lied a goal and an assist. Kelvin Flores scored Assists: W•10/30 A #4/8 Rutgers-Camden 6 p.m. for the second straigh game and Marco 1t. Mohamed Conteh...... 5 Sa•11/2 NJAC Quarterfinals TBD Avella netted the eventual game winner in 1t. Manny Martis...... 5 W•11/6 NJAC Semifinals TBD the 51st minute after a 1-1 halftime deadlock. 3t. Aboubacar Diawara/Kelvin Flores..... 3 • BEING OUTSCORED: After being out- Sa 11/9 NJAC Finals TBD Shots/Shots On Goal: Home games (in BOLD CAPS) played at the scored, 24-3, in its last four NJAC games, Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field the Knights have been outscored over- 1. Aboubacar Diawara...... 41/25 all this season, 43-41. NJCU has not been 2. Mohamed Conteh...... 36/10 Mohamed Conteh outscored for a full season since 1997. 1 CSI Soccer Fall Classic (at College of Staten Island) 3. Marco Avella...... 33/13 2 SENIOR DAY: Prior to today’s contest, JHU-Goucher Tournament (Baltimore, Md.) NJCU will honor its lone senior, All-Region 4. Andy Caban...... 28/10 3 home game at Caven Point; Jersey City, NJ standout Mohamed Conteh. Read more Goalkeeper Saves: NJCU Men’s Liberty Cup about him in the Inside the Athlete section. 1. Ruben Morales...... 52 * denotes New Jersey Athletic Conference game. PLAYOFFS HOPES: NJCU is tied for eighth place in the NJAC with six 2. Nick Nardone...... 37 3. TEAM...... 3 Follow Live Stats for today’s game from your smartphone. points. NJCU must win its final two Scan in the above QR Code. NJAC games against TCNJ and #4/8 Goals Against Average (W-L-T): Rutgers-Camden or it will be eliminated. 1. Nick Nardone...... 2.15 (3-1-1) SHAW OFF: Kevin Shaw has been TCNJ’s star this year, scoring 15 of the team’s 35 2. Ruben Morales...... 2.94 (4-7-0) goals and he has nearly as many goals as TC- TCNJ (thru 10/25/2013) NJ’s opponents, combined (17). He is second Points: Mohamed Conteh in the NJAC in goals and fourth in points. 1. Kevin Shaw...... 31 2. Nick Costelloe...... 12 3. Greg Perri...... 10 NJAC STANDINGS (thru 10/25/2013) Goals: School PTS NJAC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak 1. Kevin Shaw...... 15 Stockton * 18 6-1 0.857 12-3-2 0.765 W4 2. Greg Perri...... 5 Rutgers-Camden 17 5-0-2 0.857 15-0-2 0.941 W3 3t. Nick Costelloe/Sean Etheridge...... 4 Montclair State 14 4-1-2 0.714 13-2-2 0.824 W3 5. Kevin McCartney...... 2 Rutgers-Newark 13 4-2-1 0.643 13-4-1 0.750 L1 Assists: TCNJ’s 10-GAME GLANCE The College of NJ 13 4-2-1 0.643 9-5-2 0.625 W1 1t. Sean Casey...... 4 Rowan 9 3-5 0.375 10-8 0.556 W2 1t. Nick Costelloe...... 4 Sa•9/21 A Ramapo * W, 1-0 (1 OT) William Paterson 7 2-4-1 0.357 7-6-2 0.533 L3 1t. Kevin McCartney...... 4 W•9/25 A Richard Stockton * L, 1-2 Ramapo 6 2-5 0.286 7-7-2 0.500 W1 1t. Tokio Nakamoto...... 4 • New Jersey City 6 2-5 0.286 7-8-1 0.469 W1 Shots/Shots On Goal: Sa 9/28 H #4/17 MONTCLAIR STATE * W, 2-1 Kean * 1 0-7-1 0.063 9-8-1 0.528 L3 • 1. Kevin Shaw...... 81/50 W 10/2 H #2/2 RUTGERS-CAMDEN * T, 1-1 (2 OT) *standings adjusted to reflect conference forfeit 2. Nick Costelloe...... 23/7 Sa•10/5 A Rutgers-Newark * L, 1-2 (2 OT) /NJCUGothicKnights @NJCU_Athletics 3. Sean Casey...... 16/2 • Goalkeeper Saves: W 10/9 A Muhlenberg L, 1-2 @NJCUGothicKnights /NJCUGothicKnights • 1. Aaron Utman ...... 36 Sa 10/12 H WILLIAM PATERSON * W, 1-0 ***THE NCAA, ECAC, NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AND NEW JERSEY CITY • 2. Maciej Libucha...... 22 W 10/16 H DREW L, 0-1 UNIVERSITY PROMOTE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP BY STUDENT-ATHLETES, COACHES, 3. TEAM ...... 5 • STAFF AND SPECTATORS. WE REQUEST YOUR COOPERATION BY SUPPORTING THE PAR- Sa 10/19 H KEAN * W, 2-0 TICIPANTS AND OFFICIALS IN A POSITIVE MANNER. PROFANITY, RACIST, OR SEXIST COM- Goals Against Average (W-L-T): W•10/30 A Rowan * 7:30 p.m. MENTS, OR OTHER INTIMIDATING ACTIONS DIRECTED AT OFFICIALS, STUDENT-ATHLETES, 1. Jacob Nesteruk...... 0.00 (0-0-0) COACHES, TEAM-REPRESENTATIVES OR SPECTATORS—AS WELL AS PUBLIC INTOXICA- TION, THE CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 2. Maciej Libucha...... 0.99 (2-2-1) PRODUCTS—WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND ARE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE 3. Aaron Utman...... 1.04 (7-3-1) * denotes Skyline Conference game. THOMAS M. GERRITY ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS*** * denotes conference leader NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS (7-8-1, 2-5-0 NJAC; Streak: WON 1) NO NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL 1 Nick Nardone FR GK 6-1 180 North Arlington, NJ/Queen of Peace INSIDE THE ATHLETE 2 Hector Linares FR D 5-7 150 Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne 3 Andrew Lopes JR M 5-8 150 Union, NJ/Union 4 Edwin Umanzor JR D 6-2 195 Linden, NJ/Linden 5 Michael Cedeno JR M 5-6 158 North Bergen, NJ/Memorial 6 Kevin Cavalcanti FR M 6-0 155 Teaneck, NJ/Paramus Catholic 7 Tyler Krychkowski SO D/M/F 5-11 155 North Arlington, NJ/North Arlington 8 Kelvin Flores JR M 5-6 150 Hightstown, NJ/Hightstown 9 Manny Martis JR M/F 5-6 165 Union, NJ/Union 10 Marco Avella JR M/F 5-9 155 Union, NJ/Union 11 Aboubacar Diawara SO M/F 6-0 160 Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne #14 12 Bryan Pino JR F/M 5-4 155 Greenwich, CT/Greenwich 13 Christopher Segovia SO M/D 5-7 157 North Bergen, NJ/Memorial 14 Mohamed Conteh SR D 6-3 180 Trenton, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro North 15 Teryn Reed FR D/M 5-11 193 Monroe Township, NJ/Monroe Township 16 Juan Arango FR M 5-7 143 Bergenfield, NJ/Bergenfield 17 Nicholas O’Neill SO M 6-0 160 Eatontown, NJ/Red Bank Catholic 18 Andy Caban JR F/M 5-11 160 Red Bank, NJ/Red Bank Regional Mohamed 19 Christian Merino FR M 5-9 140 West New York, NJ/Memorial 20 Andrew Carvalhoso JR M/D 5-8 140 Linden, NJ/Linden 21 Davauni Brown FR D/M 5-9 160 Newark, NJ/Newark Tech CONTEH 22 Justin Aponte FR M/F 5-8 151 Harrison, NJ/Harrison Senior| Defender 23 Santiago Lopez-Correa FR D 5-7 175 North Bergen, NJ/Belleville 24 Jon-Carlos Sosa FR M 5-8 145 Hillside, NJ/Hillside Trenton, NJ/West Windsor- 25 Luis Mayorga SO D 5-11 200 Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson 26 Desmond Leigh FR D 5-5 147 Bloomfield, NJ/Montclair Plainsboro North HS 27 Gabriel Freitas FR D 6-0 155 Kearny, NJ/Kearny • Coach Snyder on Conteh: “As a captain, 28 Mina Youssef SO M/D 5-5 140 Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne 30 Daniel Sequeira SO F/GK 6-1 240 South River, NJ/South River Mo has natural leadership ability and his 99 Ruben Morales JR GK 6-2 200 Princeton, NJ/Princeton work ethic on and off the field made him an easy choice. He’s an extremely good Head Coach: Patrick Snyder (The College of New Jersey, `02; Second season) defender and has really grown as a leader.” Assistant Coach/Goalkeepers: Mike Coughlin (University of Vermont, `95; Second season) • Academics: Major is Business Management. Assistant Coach: Bill Daily (Second season) Assistant Coach: Anthony Tuesta (Kean University, `09; First season) His career goal is to coach or manage a team. Captains: Marco Avella, Mohamed Conteh • Before NJCU: A transfer last season from Mercer County Community College, he was a 2010 NJCAA All-Region 19 Division THE COLLEGE of NEW JERSEY LIONS (9-5-2, 4-2-1 NJAC; Streak: WON 1) I First-Team selection and the No. 5 ranked NO NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL player in Region 19. He also was 2010 First- 00 Maciej Libucha SO GK 5-9 155 Woodland Park, NJ/Passaic Valley Team Division I All-Garden State Athletic 0 Jake Nesteruk FR GK 6-0 160 Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East Conference. In 2010 he had one goal, one 1 Aaron Utman SR GK 6-3 185 Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley assist and three points (12 games). In 2009 he 2 Dan Lyons SR M 5-6 145 West Islip, NY / West Islip tallied three goals and six points in 12 games. 3 Daniel Durnian SR M 5-6 145 Brick, NJ/Brick Township • NJCU Career: A two-year player for the 4 Matt Taylor SO M 5-10 145 Haddon Heights, NJ/Haddon Heights Gothic Knights as a back and defensive center 5 Dan McMillan SO D 5-9 165 Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood midfielder, he is a two-year NJCU co-captain. 6 Greg Kaye SO D 5-9 155 Morganville, NJ/Marlboro As a junior, he earned Second-Team All-NJAC 7 Kevin McCartney JR M 5-6 140 Old Bridge, NJ/St. Joseph’s and Third-Team NCAA Division III NSCAA 8 Tokio Nakamoto SO M 6-0 170 Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick All-South Atlantic Region honors. He was 9 Ryan Sullivan JR D 5-11 175 Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata named to the All-Tournament Team at the 10 Sean Casey SR M 5-9 165 Toms River, NJ/Toms River South 2012 NJCU Liberty Cup. He was named 11 David DeLooper SR M 5-10 155 Hopewell, NJ/Hopewell Valley the NJCU Men’s Athlete of the Week on 12 Andrew Kimball So M 6-0 175 Seaville, NJ/Ocean City September 16, 2013. As a junior, he played 13 Kevin Shaw SR F 5-6 165 Brookside, NJ/West Morris Mendham in all 22 games (22 starts), logging a team- 14 Tyler Higgins SR M 6-0 175 Toms River, NJ/Toms River North high 1845 minutes including every second 15 Ed McCartney JR D 6-2 180 Voorhees, NJ/St. Joseph’s Prep of 17 games. He tallied three goals and three 16 Steve Cukar JR D 5-11 190 Boonton Twp, NJ/Mountain Lakes assists for nine points on 23 shots (12 SOG) 17 Joe Martinico SO D 5-7 155 East Meadow, NY/East Meadow with one game-winner. This year he has 18 Michael Shiumo SO D 5-10 155 Sparta, NJ/Sparta played 14 games (13 starts) and has 11 points 19 Michael Hydrusko JR D 5-9 170 Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge on three goals and a team-best five assists 20 Mathew Ziegler SO M/F 5-9 145 East Brunswick, NJ/Milford (one game-winner) with 31 shots (8 SOG). 21 Greg Perri SO M/F 6-1 170 Florence, NJ/Florence On October 2/3, he became the second 22 Jason O’Donnell JR M 6-1 165 Toms River, NJ/Toms River North NJCU men’s soccer player this year to have 23 Nick Costelloe FR M 5-9 145 Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township an ESPN SportsCenter ‘Top 10’ play—a goal 24 Jordan Kayal SO D 5-11 170 Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah that was that day’s No. 8 play in the nation. 25 Clayton Flon FR M 5-11 155 Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills • High School: He helped the Knights 26 Sean Etheridge FR F 5-10 150 Oakland, NJ/Ramapo with the 2008 Central Jersey Group III John Turner FR D 5-10 155 Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence state title. He earned Midfielder of the David Vaughn FR D 5-8 145 Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah Year and Second-Team All-State honors Hunter Mashig FR F 5-8 140 Mahwah, NJ/Mahwah and was listed on the Senior 11 squad. Ryan Kaplan FR M 5-9 145 Somerset, NJ/Franklin • Did You Know?: He was born in Charles Neri JR ------Cranford, NJ/ St. Joseph’s-Metuchen Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. His favorite team is Arsenal FC. Played for current Head Coach: George Nazario (Seton Hall University, `91; 18th Season) Coach Pat Snyder at CCC. He gave up Assistant Coach: Matt Karsh (The College of New Jersey, `02) the opportunity to turn professional to Goalkeeper Coach: Ryan Hayward ((The College of New Jersey, `01) return to school for his senior season.