NEWARK, N.J. (September 7, 2016) – The Rutgers University-Newark women's soccer team routed St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn by a score of 10-0 Wednesday night on Alumni Field in the team's 2016 home-opener.
 
With the win, the Scarlet Raiders improve to 1-2-0 overall and return to action this Saturday and Sunday when they host the 2016 Scarlet Raider Soccer Classic on Alumni Field. St. Joe's drops to 0-2-0.
 
After struggling to score against a pair of very tough road teams to start the year, Rutgers-Newark broke out in a major way Wednesday, pouring in five goals in each half. Eight different players scored goals and Newark assisted on 8-of-10 markers in the match.
 
The Scarlet Raiders finished with a 52-1 margin in total shots, a 37-1 margin in shots on goal and a 13-1 advantage in corners.
 
The Scarlet Raiders dominated the first nine minutes of play, peppering senior goalkeeper Kristen Candelaria with six shots on goal before breaking through with 35:25 left when junior Nicole Gomez crossed from left-to-right across the mouth of the goal to an open Samantha Richter in front. It was the first goal of the season for the Scarlet Raiders and first in Richter's brief career.
 
Gomez assisted the second Scarlet Raider goal of the match with a little more than 20 minutes to play in the first, crossing to an open Shayna Bohus in front who pocketed her first career tally.
 
Moments later it was sophomore Juliana Ceballos getting on the scoreboard, putting home a pretty touch pass off the foot of freshman Carolina Gonzalez in the 32nd minute. Gomez picked up her fourth point of the match with an unassisted tally from the top of the box.
 
The final marker of the period came with 1:01 on the clock as senior back Victoria Benet headed home a perfect corner off the foot off Ceballos, giving Rutgers-Newark a 5-0 lead.
 
The Scarlet Raiders outshot SJCB 27-0 in the opening period, putting 20 of those attempts on target.
 
Richter found Ceballos for a gorgeous marker early in the second to give R-N a 6-0 margin with less than 40 minutes on the clock. It was the second tally of the game for Ceballos and third point of the night for Richter.
 
Just 5:10 later Gomez scored after being set free with a nice feed by sophomore Cindy Guzman. Gomez controlled inside the box, using some nifty 1-on-1 moves to get loose in front for the score.
 
Freshman Lindsey Snyder tallied her first with some help from a Raquel DaCosta assist, and freshman Denisse Astudillo checked in and promptly tallied to close the scoring.
 
Gomez had two goals and two assists, while Ceballos had two goals and one helper to lead Rutgers-Newark. Richter finished with one goal and one assist.
 
Junior Diana Carvalho earned the win in goal, playing the first 45 minutes. Freshman Heidi Paulson played the final 45 for R-N, making one save.
 
Candelaria made 27 saves in a tough performance to lead SJCB.