Box Score

NEWARK, NJ – Rutgers University-Newark kept The College of New Jersey close but could not generate an attack in a 3-0 New Jersey Athletic Conference loss under the lights on Alumni Field.
 
Scarlet Raider junior goalkeeper Veronika Tueros made seven saves but the Lions (5-1-0, NJAC 1-0-0) piled up a 24-3 advantage in shots while taking all four of the corner kicks in the contest to bounce back from their first loss of the season to Johns Hopkins on Saturday.
 
Sophomore defender Victoria Benet knifed between Tueros and the goal mouth with 6:47 left in the opening half to deny a certain goal by freshman midfielder Kathryn Bednarsky and limit TCNJ's halftime lead to two.
 
Junior defender Julie Dantoni put the Raiders' only shot on goal in the 38th minute while junior midfielder Cristina Estremera in the first half and freshman defender Emily Corson in the second period attempted the other home team tries.  Lion senior goalkeeper Kendra Griffith (4-1-0) needed just one save to post her third shutout of the season.
 
Sophomore forward Christine Levering had a hand in all three TCNJ tallies, scoring twice around an assist.  She took a cross into the middle from the left side by sophomore defender Brianna Petro and put what proved to be the game-winning goal into the right side in the 18th minute.  Five minutes later, Levering pushed a through pass to senior forward Korrie Harkins for a putaway from the right side of the box.  In the 56th minute, Levering headed a corner kick from the left side by senior defender Jordan Downs into the right side of the goal to finish the scoring.
 
Rutgers-Newark hosts Mount St. Vincent at 5 p.m. in the opening game of a women's and men's doubleheader on Alumni Field on Wednesday.  The Raider men (7-2-0) take on St. Joseph's LI at 8 in the nightcap.