Box Score

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Oct. 8, 2016) – Senior back Dan Gilbert (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) scored his first two career goals and the Rutgers University-Camden men's soccer team also received the first career goals from junior Travis Chigi (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and freshman Jacob Roselle (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) as it defeated New Jersey City University, 5-1, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Saturday afternoon.
 
The victory lifts the Scarlet Raptors to 7-2-3 overall, 3-1-1 in the NJAC and extends their unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1). The Gothic Knights, who received four vote toward the D3soccer.com Top 25 poll on Sept. 20, have now slipped to 8-5-1 overall and 0-5 in the NJAC after their fourth straight loss.
 

Rutgers-Camden has won its last five games against NJCU and gone 10-0-4 in the last 14, lifting its advantage in the all-time series to 24-8-8.
 
Gilbert notched his first goal at 13:45 off a scrum in the penalty box after a header by Raptor junior Aaron Muse (Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) was deflected by Gothic Knight freshman goalie Adam Cassidy (Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson).
 
The Raptors padded their lead at 30:39 on an own goal to take a 2-0 halftime lead. Early in the second half, Gilbert headed in a corner kick by junior Sean Welch (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) for his second career goal.
 
NJCU got a goal back in the 68th minute when sophomore Omar Ventura (Fairview, NJ/Cliffside Park) scored off a long throw in from freshman Ryan Stelicos (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick), but the Raptors put the game away with late goals by Chigi and Roselle. Chigi scored at 75:44, with Muse collecting his second assist of the game and his team-leading fifth assist of the season. Drawing two defenders to the right side, Muse crossed to Chigi, who finished the scoring play into a wide-open net. Roselle, meanwhile, was sprung on a breakaway by junior Steve Karakitsios (Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek) for his first career goal at 84:25.
 
Rutgers-Camden out-shot NJCU, 20-17, and both teams took five corner kicks. Cassidy collected five saves, while Raptor sophomore goalie James Brett (Palmyra, NJ/Palmyra) had four saves, hiking his career total over the 200-save milestone to 203.
 
Rutgers-Camden returns to the pitch Sunday for a 2 p.m. non-conference game when the Scarlet Raptors host the United States Merchant Marine Academy.