BRITTANY HOFFMAN MAKES CAREER-HIGH 29 SAVES IN LOSS TO #22 ROWAN
JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Two-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference junior goalkeeper BRITTANY HOFFMAN (McMurray, PA/Peters Township) recorded 29 saves—the sixth most in New Jersey City University history and the most in a game by any player in the New Jersey Athletic Conference since 2002—to keep the Gothic Knights from falling too far behind before No. 22 ranked Rowan University ultimately settled for a 5-0 NJAC victory on September 28 at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.
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Team Stat Comparison |
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NJCU |
ROWAN |
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Score |
0 |
5 |
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Halftime |
0 |
2 |
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Shots |
0 |
53 |
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Shots On Goal |
0 |
34 |
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Saves |
29 |
0 |
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Corner Kicks |
0 |
8 |
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Fouls |
5 |
10 |
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Offsides |
0 |
10 |
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Caution Cards |
0 |
0 |
Rowan, ranked 22nd nationally by D3soccer.com and seventh in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III South Atlantic Region rankings, won its fifth in a row, improving to 9-1 (2-0 NJAC) by outshooting NJCU (1-5-1, 0-3 NJAC, lost four), 53-0.
Rowan led 2-0 at halftime with a 23-0 edge in shots, and continued its pursuit of the net in the second half when it added three goals in 30 shot attempts. Five different players scored for the Profs.
Hoffman, the reigning NJAC and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week, has now stopped 20 or more shots in three consecutive games, obliterated her previous career high of 21 saves against William Paterson University on September 21; she also had 20 saves in a loss to Ramapo College on September 25. Her 29 saves are the most by any player at NJCU or in the NJAC since former Gothic Knight Kasheeba Johnson made 30 saves in a loss at Mount Saint Mary (NY) on September 14, 2002.
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