Box Score

CAMDEN, N.J. (Oct. 3, 2015) – The Kean University women's soccer team scored on its first three shots of the game and the Cougars went on to defeat Rutgers University-Camden, 4-0, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game Saturday afternoon at Rutgers-Camden Community Park.
 
The Cougars improve to 6-4-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the NJAC, while the Scarlet Raptors fall to 3-4-1 and 0-2-1.
 
Kean leads the all-time series, 14-2-3, has won five straight games against Rutgers-Camden and is 8-0-1 in the last nine.
 
The Scarlet Raptors started off strong and had a pair of shots by junior forward Catherine Fiore (Collingswood, NJ/Paul VI) and a corner kick in the opening seven minutes. Kean, however, had a pair of corner kicks over the next two minutes and finally broke the scoreless deadlock at 11:44 when senior midfielder Angie Lopez (Rahway, NJ/Rahway) headed home a chip into the box by sophomore back Kelly Williamson (York, PA/Central York).
 
Only 1:03 later, the Cougars added another shot and another goal when sophomore midfielder Mallory Noordeloos (Hawthorne, NJ/Hawthorne) notched her first goal of the season off a cross from the right side to the far post by junior midfielder Kayla Birth (Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany).
 
In the 21st minute, the Cougars collected their third shot and third goal on a perfect pass from the center of the box toward the left post by sophomore forward Kaitlyn Pallitto (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne). It was finished at 20:36 by sophomore forward Emily Jurcsek (Edison, NJ/Middlesex County Academy) for her sixth goal of the season.
 
Pallitto closed out the scoring at the 35:07 mark, heading in a corner kick to the far post by senior back Emily Martinelli (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee). It was the team-leading ninth goal of the season for Pallitto, who also leads the Cougars with 20 points.
 
Kean finished with a 17-8 advantage in shots and a 7-3 edge in corner kicks. Cougar senior goalie KC Nunez (Fair Lawn, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy) made four saves to earn the shutout, while Scarlet Raptor sophomore keeper Katie Gurba (Westampton, NJ/Holy Cross) had seven saves.
 
The game marked the 60th career contest for senior midfielder Tori Gerstenacker (Howell, NJ/Howell), making her the 30th player in program history to reach that milestone. She has started all 60 games.
 
Both teams return to action with non-conference road games on Wednesday. Rutgers-Camden plays at Eastern University at 4 p.m. Kean visits the College of Mount Saint Vincent for a 4:30 p.m. contest.