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THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY’S ATHLETICS WEEK IN REVIEW THE TABLE OF CONTENTS LIONS’ DEN MEN’S SOCCER.............................2 • TCNJ gets washed out at Drew, returns home to defeat Lincoln University, 5-0. OCTOBER 9, 2006 WOMEN’S SOCCER..........................3 • Lions pick up key NJAC win over Kean, blank #11 Johns Hopkins. FEMALE LION OF THE WEEK FIELD HOCKEY..............................4 ALLISON GREENE • TCNJ celebrates taking over top ranking Field Hockey with three victories, including OT thriller at Senior Atco, NJ/Hammonton Rowan. Greene helped the Lions to a perfect 3-0 week CROSS COUNTRY............................5 while hitting a personal milestone. In a home vic- tory over Susquehanna, Greene recorded her • Lions enjoy off week before heading to 100th career point becoming only the fourth Lion University at Albany this weekend. in program history to accomplish that feat. She now has 39 goals and 22 assists and leads TENNIS.....................................6 TCNJ in scoring this season with 11 goals and • Contrafatto and Shtemberg headed to ITA 24 points. Nationals in Florida. FALL HONORS...............................7 MEN’S SOCCER STATS........................8 WOMEN’S SOCCER STATS.....................9 MALE LION OF THE WEEK FIELD HOCKEY STATS.......................10 ALLEN MANTZ Football TENNIS STATS .............................11 Freshman Toms River, NJ/Toms River North LIONS’ SPORTS HOTLINE Mantz recorded a game-high 13 tackles as the Lions nearly knocked off 11th-ranked Rowan RESULTS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES: University this past weekend. The linebacker 609.771.2682 helped TCNJ limit the Profs to only 141 yards of total offense in the 14-6 loss, while he also forced a fumble and had a half-tackle for a loss. SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports Info Director: Ann King Assistant SID: Lyle Fulton Office Phone: 609.771.2517 Office Phone: 609.771.2266 Home Phone: 609.883.5602 [email protected] Fax: 609.771.3067 [email protected] Athletic Web Site: www.tcnjathletics.com MEN’S SOCCER Head Coach: George Nazario Record: 5-5-1, NJAC: 2-3 sonable point of conclusion (75% of 90 minutes), the Lions get rained out, return home to beat Lincoln game does not count and was cancelled. The game will • The Lions were in good position to earn a non-con- not be rescheduled. ference win on Wednesday leading the Rangers by the • TCNJ took the field for another non-conference match- score of 2-0 with less than 10 minutes remaining in up on Sunday and netted a 5-0 victory over visiting the opening half. Then a storm swepth through with Lincoln University. heavy lightning and cancelled the remainder of the • The Lions return to conference play this week with a game. Since the game had not reached the NCAA’s rea- pair of road games. TCNJ heads to William Paterson University on Wednesday and then to Kean University on Saturday. Lion bites.... • Matt Luber (Delran, NJ/Delran) took over the team lead in scoring with a goal against Lincoln as the se- nior now has five goals and two assists for 12 points. • Senior tri-captain Tim Dudek (Medford, NJ/Bishop Eustance) is second on the team with 11 points and has a team best three assists. • Junior Nick Kiel (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart) net- ted his first goal of the season scoring in the second half of Sunday’s win. • Chris Nelan (Barrington, NJ/Haddon Heights) and Ryan McMahon (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) added to the victory as they each scored their second goal of the season. • Frank Fiorilli (Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata) and Craig Langan (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) each con- tributed with assists against Lincoln, both of which came on corner kicks. • A trio of goalies combined on the shutout against Lincoln as Matt Kaspervicious (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) started and made one save, while Steve Scuttellaro (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) made a pair of saves before Kevin Maulbeck (Rockaway, NJ/Mor- ris Hills) capped off the win with one save. TCNJ now has five shutouts on the season. Frank Fiorilli UPCOMING SCHEDULE Opponent Time October Wed. 11 at William Paterson University* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 14 at Kean University* 7:30 p.m. Wed. 18 MUHLENBERG COLLEGE 3:30 p.m. HOME GAMES IN CAPS Underlined games at TCNJ’s Soccer Complex Italic games at Lions’ Stadium * NJAC Game WOMEN’S SOCCER Head Coach: Joe Russo Record: 8-0-2, NJAC: 4-0-1 TCNJ beat #11 Johns Hopkins, tame Cougars Regional) had another perfect week as she made two • The fourth-ranked Lions continued their stellar play post- saves in the shutout of Johns Hopkins and then added ing two more shutouts pushing their winning streak to two more in just over 80 minutes of action against Kean. six straight. TCNJ started the week with a 2-0 victory Clarke has not allowed a goal in the last 859:16 and ranks over 11th-ranked Johns Hopkins University as Briann second in the NJAC in goals-against-average (0.11), save McDonough (North Arlington, NJ/Immaculate Heart percentage (.938) and shutouts (6). She also ranked fifth Academy) scored both goals for the Lions. nationally in GAA. • TCNJ returned to NJAC play on Saturday and handled • Lion freshman Kristina Shemming (Cranbury, NJ/West Kean University by the score of 5-0 in a rematch of last Windsor South) notched her first collegiate assist in the year’s NJAC Championship game. The Lions had five dif- win over Johns Hopkins. ferent players score in the win. •Junior Dana DiBruno (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East), • TCNJ, which moved into first place in the conference a 2005 First Team All-American, netted the first goal in standings with the win over Kean, looks to hold onto the the win over Kean giving her a team-leading three game top spot hosting William Paterson University on Wednes- winners on the season. She also picked up an assist in day at Lions’ Stadium. The Lions will then welcome the victory. Wheaton College (IL) on Saturday for an 11 a.m. start in • Also scoring in the win over Kean were sophomore Allie the new soccer complex as part of homecoming. The Thun- Schilling Somerdale, NJ/Triton), junior Christine Mullin der are currently 10-2 on the season and ranked 17th. (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East), sophomore Jamie Kunkel (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) and junior Kristen Lion bites.... Cubicciotti (North Haledon, NJ/Immaculate Heart Acad- emy). • Freshman keeper Jessica Clarke (Wayne, NJ/Wayne • During the team’s six-game winning streak, the Lions have outscored their opponents by a margin of 26-1. So far this season, TCNJ has netted 30 goals compared to only two allowed. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Kristen Cubicciotti Opponent Time October Wed. 11 WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY* 7:30 p.m. Sat. 14 WHEATON COLLEGE (IL) 11:00 a.m. Tue. 17 at Ramapo College* 4:00 p.m. HOME GAMES IN CAPS Underlined games at TCNJ’s Soccer Complex Italic games at Lions’ Stadium * NJAC Game FIELD HOCKEY Head Coach: Sharon Pfluger Record: 10-0, NJAC: 2-0 Lions ranked first, Greene hits 100 career points The freshman set up the winning goal against Rowan and • Last week started with the Lions moving up two places then scored a goal in the other two games. to take over the top spot in the NFHCA Division III poll • Senior Jess Berkowitz (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) is look- and the Lions responded by winning all three of their ing to become the second TCNJ player to join the 100- games. point club this season as she is cuurently 10 points shy of • TCNJ started the week in impressive fashion scoring a the milestone. The forward has 34 career goals and has 1-0 overtime victory at rival and 10th-ranked Rowan Uni- 22 assists. Berkowitz added to those totals this past week versity. Senior Meg Hess (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) scoring a goal against Susquehanna and then adding a netted the lone goal of the game in the first overtime goal and an assist at Eastern. with Jessica Falcone (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catho- • Goalie Erin Mitschke (Boonton Twp., NJ/Mountain lic) earning an assist on the play. Lakes) is now 10-0 recording three wins last week, in- • The Lions then returned home to face Susquehanna cluding her second shutout of the season at Rowan. University and came away with a 4-1 triumph. The high- light of the game came just 5:24 into the opening half when senior captain Allison Greene (Atco, NJ/ Hammonton) scored making her just the fourth player in program history to hit the 100-point plateau. • The final game of the week was at undefeated Eastern University and the Lions held on for a 3-2 victory putting them at a perfect 10-0 on the season. • The Lions play a pair of road games this week playing at Ramapo College on Tuesday and then going to fourth- ranked Salisbury University on Saturday Lion bites.... • Greene now has 39 career goals and 22 assists. She also ranked third all-time in goals. This season, she leads the team with 11 goals and 24 points. • Ashleigh Pecherski (Middletown, NJ/Middletown North) had a huge game against Susquehanna picking up assist on three of TCNJ’s four goals. After not recording a piont in her first two seasons, Pecherski currently ranks third on the team in scoring with 17 points on six goals and five assists. • Falcone recorded at least one point in each of three wins last week extending her point streak to four games. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Opponent Time October Tue. 10 at Ramapo College* 4:00 p.m.