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NEWARK, N.J. (October 27, 2015) – The Rutgers University-Newark women's soccer team will host Montclair State University on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams, and prior to the game, R-N will honor 10 seniors playing in their final regular-season home match on Alumni Field.
Kick-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. with the Senior Day ceremony set to begin at 7:15 p.m. Seniors
Bridget Spatola,
Julie Dantoni,
Paige Lazar,
Cristina Estremera,
Sara Ramirez,
Debbie Maldonado,
Kimberly Guzman,
Katreina Casale,
Sara Corson and
Veronika Tueros will all be honored.
Rutgers-Newark brings in a record of 12-6-1 overall and 3-4-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference to Wednesday's match. A win would clinch a berth in the conference tournament as the Scarlet Raiders are currently tied for sixth place in the conference standings (10 points) with Ramapo College. R-N holds the tiebreaker with Ramapo. Ramapo plays host to Kean University (14 points, 4-2-2 NJAC) on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., so the Scarlet Raiders will know exactly what they need to do come Wednesday night. Rutgers University-Camden (seven points, 2-5-1 NJAC) – who is also in the playoff picture – visits Stockton (11 points, 2-1-5 NJAC).
The top-six teams make the NJAC Tournament. The College of New Jersey, Montclair, Rowan University and Kean are all assured berths, with Stockton, the Scarlet Raiders and Camden in the Hunt.
NJAC Standings R-N's
Sara Corson is currently No. 1 in the conference and No. 3 in the nation in game-winning goals with eight, while sophomore goalkeeper
Diana Carvalho is No. 2 nationally and No. 1 in the NJAC in goalkeeper minutes played with more than 1,719. Corson's 1.00 goals per game are No. 28 nationally, while her 19 total goals are No. 9 as both ranks pace the conference. Her 40 points are 18th nationally – tops in the NJAC – while sophomore
Nicole Gomez leads the conference with seven assists and Estremera is third in that category (six).
Montclair St. is unbeaten in its last six outings and is currently top-three in the NJAC in winning percentage, points, goals, shutout percentage, save percentage and goals-against average, with keeper Erinne Finlayson sitting No. 2 nationally in save percentage and No. 3 in nationally goals-against average.
Fans unable to attend Wednesday night's NJAC contest at Alumni Field can watch live at
www.rutgersnewarkathletics.com/watch.
