NJCU'S RUBEN MORALES IS NJAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK FOUR
PITMAN NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University junior goalkeeper RUBEN MORALES (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week after backing up a Gothic Knight defense that opened the 2013 NJAC schedule with a 2-1 road victory at William Paterson University on September 21.
Morales, a first-year transfer to NJCU from Mercer County Community College, wins the award for week four of the 2013 season after making five saves in the key road win against the Pioneers in his first-ever NJAC start. WPU, picked fifth in the league's preseason coaches poll (NJCU was 10th), entered having received votes in the most current National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III South Atlantic Region poll.
Morales, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound Health Sciences major, made several key saves to preserve the win. The most notable came with the game scoreless just two minutes into the second half, when he made a point-blank save on a chance by WPU forward Leandro Lemache. The Pioneers' lone goal was scored off a corner kick in the 87th minute with NJCU leading 2-0.
