NEWARK, N.J. (October 28, 2015) – The No. 23 Montclair State University women's soccer team defeated Rutgers University-Newark by a score of 1-0 Wednesday night at Alumni Field.
 
Montclair State improves to 14-2-2 overall and 6-1-2 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, while R-N drops to 12-7-1 overall and 3-5-1 in the conference. The Scarlet Raiders will await results of matches that were moved to Thursday due to heavy rain in order to see about a berth in the conference tournament. Specifically, Rutgers-Newark will be eyeing the match between Rutgers University-Camden and Stockton University that begins at 7 p.m. in Pomona. A Stockton tie or win would send the Raiders to their second-straight NJAC Tournament.

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Each team was feeling each other out over the first 20 or so minutes of the first half, with the Scarlet Raiders getting a couple corners and solid services into the box from sophomore Nicole Gomez, and Montclair taking a pair of shots after its first corner of the game.
 
Senior goalkeeper Veronika Tueros passed her first test of the match, diving to make a denial with less than 17 minutes to play in the first half, making another denial two minutes later with far less a degree of difficulty.
 
The Scarlet Raider defense hung tough as Montclair was able to keep it deep in the R-N zone, getting to halftime with the score tied (0-0) and countering on two chances as well. The Red Hawks ended the opening 45 minutes with an 8-1 margin in shots, but Rutgers-Newark finished with a 3-1 advantage in corners.
 
MSU created several attempts on free kicks with Tueros making the only save she had to 5:52 into the second, and despite much of the action taking place in the Raider zone, the match remained scoreless.
 
That would change in the 73rd minute when a Red Hawk corner resulted in the game's only goal. Koester lofted the service, Erin Sullivan tapped to Martina Landeka who was on the doorstep to score her seventh goal of the season. Both players earned assists on the play.
 
Rutgers-Newark was able to get off one shot late – an attempt from freshman Juliana Ceballos that went wide, eventually succumbing by the 1-0 final.
 
Montclair St. ended with a 16-3 edge in shots, putting nine on goal, also holding a slim 4-3 margin in corners. Tueros finished with eight saves in her first start of the season for Rutgers-Newark.
 
Fans can follow @ScarletRaiders on twitter for updates regarding the NJAC Tournament, and check www.rutgersnewarkathletics.com for the latest on R-N women's soccer.