Maggio Nets Game-Winner in 2-1 Victory over Rutgers-Newark

Maggio Nets Game-Winner in 2-1 Victory over Rutgers-Newark
Kean Athletics

UNION, N.J. (10/18/08) - Junior Nicolette Maggio (Tenafly, N.J.) scored the game-winning goal with less than 10 minutes remaining to lift the Kean University women's soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Rutgers-Newark on Saturday evening. The win gave the Cougars their 10th victory of the season (10-4, 4-3 NJAC), while the Scarlet Raiders fell to 8-6-2, 2-4-1 in the conference. With just 8:20 remaining, Maggio fired a shot that a Rutgers-Newark defender attempted to clear but was unable to prevent it from finding the back of the net.

After a scoreless first half, the Cougars took the 1-0 lead early into the second half when sophomore Samantha Ciccone (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.) collected her own rebound off the goalkeeper and scored on the second chance just 2:39 into the half.

Playing down a man for a majority of the second half, Rutgers-Newark tied the game on a penalty kick by freshman Julia Caseres (Union, N.J.) in the 70th minute.

The Cougars held a 21-5 edge in shots and a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Scarlet Raider goalkeeper Kat Renteria (North Bergen, N.J.) made eight saves, while sophomore Leandra Russo (Galloway, N.J.) stopped three shots in the victory for Kean.