NEWARK, N.J. (September 5, 2018) – The Rutgers University-Newark men's soccer team rebounded from a tough opening weekend in Texas to dominate visiting CCNY during the opening match of R-N's annual Soccer Fest at the newly minted Frederick Douglass Field, 14-0. The Scarlet Raiders improve to 1-2 while the Beavers fall to 0-2.

Rutgers-Newark scored early and often as it almost exclusively kept the ball in its opponents' half of the field. Three different Raiders netted hat-tricks and eight different players found the goal.  Sophomore Joshua Breton-Jones and freshman Franco Catania each had three goals and an assist while sophomore Alec Viruet netted three scores as a reserve.

Newark outshot the visitors 32-4, including 22-2 in attempts on frame, and took 12 corners to just one for CCNY.

In his return from injury, junior Andres Medina earned a victory with nearly 77 minutes of action, making two stops, while Medina and sophomore Klaivert Chuquirima combined for the clean sheet.

The Raiders return to action on Saturday when they begin the first of two matches at the TCNJ Addidas Soccer Classic against Elizabethtown at 3:30 p.m.

In the first half, rookie Ariel Parada opened his collegiate account after senior Stefano Muniz won the ball in the midfield and slid a pass inside the 18. Parada made no mistake with his opportunity, lashing a right-footed finish into the right-side of net.

Sophomore Adonis Scotland doubled the lead after the Raiders masterfully worked the ball from right to left with the final pass coming from Breton-Jones. Scotland netted his first collegiate goal by hitting a low, driven shot into the bottom right corner of the goal.

R-N made it three when Scotland played a through ball down the left wing. Rookie Franco Catania chased down the ball, cut back across his defender, and finished with a shot to the far post.

CCNY's best chance came in the 25^th minute when xx curled a free kick from a few yards outside the 18 over the wall but the shot did not dip enough as it caromed off the crossbar.

The Scarlet Raiders really poured it on in the second half, starting with Catania who received a cross from freshman Anthony Oliveira in the middle of the box, settled the ball, and drilled it past the keeper into the roof of the net.

Junior captain Bryan Rodrigues was next, curling a free kick over wall and into left-side of net less than five minutes into the stanza.

Rookie Pape Taha orchestrated the next tally, making a run down the right wing, beating his defender, and cutting the ball back across six for Viruet who ran in from the left wing to sneak his shot past the goalie.

In the 58^th minute, Muniz earned a penalty kick and rookie George Angelides scored his first career goal by converting from the spot.

It was then Angelides' turn to play distributor as he sent a ball to Viruet on the left wing who one-timed a left-footed shot over the keeper from about 30 yards out.

In the 63^rd, rookie Davi Alves slid a pass across the 18 for Catania who blasted a rising shot that beat the goalie to complete his hat-trick.

The next score came after a quick throw-in by Catania who sent rookie Ahmed Moawad down the left wing. Moawad cut back towards the middle of the field and ripped a right-footed attempt past the keeper to open his collegiate account.

Viruet completed his hat-trick in the 70^th when freshman Brandon Parada played him into a one-on-one with the goalie. Viruet converted, sending his shot past the on-rushing keeper.

Breton-Jones netted all three of his tallies in the final 20 minutes of the match. First he finished off a square pass from Moawad inside the 18. Then he collected the ball just outside the box and hit a right-footed effort that took a slight deflection but found its way into the goal. Finally, he broke away in the 90^th minute and beat the netminder to secure his hat-trick.