Box Score CAMDEN, N.J. – When you're ranked among the nation's top teams and seemingly setting new program standards with every passing game, it isn't easy to find new hurdles to clear.
The Rutgers University-Camden men's soccer team, however, added another accomplishment to its legacy here Wednesday night in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game. Riding a hat trick by sophomore forward
(Buena, NJ/Buena Regional), Keegan Balle (Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley), Forrest Bennfors (Woking, England/Madison), Bobby Foster (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Township), Mitch Grotti (Milmay, NJ/Millville), Matt Macey (Bridgeton, NJ/St. Augustine Prep), Taylor McGrory (Collingswood, NJ/Sterling) and
Mike Randall (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East), Ryan was the offensive star with three first-half goals. He notched his first career hat trick at Rutgers-Camden and the Raptors' first hat trick since Grotti accomplished the feat against St. Joseph's-Long Island on Sept. 8, 2012.
Early in the first half, Foster notched the eventual game-winning goal by heading in a restart from junior midfielder
Joe Auleta (Atco, NJ/Hammonton) at 5:21. Ryan notched the next three goals, starting at 11:26 when he finished off a drop pass from junior back
Eric Cutry (Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee). Ryan struck again at 19:32 off an assist from Auleta, and he completed his hat trick at 25:52, deflecting in a through ball by senior midfielder Balle. Ryan hiked his season total to 18 goals, one shy of Grotti's single-season program record his in 2011.
Bennfors notched the lone second-half goal at 80:12, scoring on a bullet into the left side following a handball out of the box by NJCU junior goalie
Ruben Morales (Princeton, NJ/Princeton). Randall finished with four saves in the Raptor goal while notching his 10th shutout of the season. He's only the third keeper in program history to reach double-digits in shutouts and is one shy of a two-way tie for the season mark.
Morales made 11 saves for the Gothic Knights as Rutgers-Camden held a 25-14 advantage in shots and a 6-4 lead in corner kicks.
