Box Score JERSEY CITY, NJ…New Jersey City University scored 29 seconds into the game and never looked back, outshooting Maritime College, 29-5, en route to a 6-1 non-conference victory over the Privateers on Wednesday at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field. The Gothic Knights reached double figures in victories for the eighth consecutive season and the ninth time in the last 10 years.
With the win, NJCU improves to 10-3 overall and now owns a 45-7-1 home record over the last five seasons. Maritime, winners of four of five games coming in, falls to 6-4. It was the first meeting between the schools in men's soccer.
NJCU, the No. 7 ranked scoring offense in the nation, has scored six goals in each of its last two games.
Freshman midfielder NABIL WAHBI (Saddle Brook, NJ/Dickinson) equaled the fourth fastest goal to start a game in school history when he put the Knights ahead 1-0 just 29 seconds into the game. It was the second time this season NJCU had opened a game with a goal in under 30 seconds.
Wahbi put the Knights ahead when after consecutive passes he received a feed from Marin on the left wing into the box and drilled home a one-timer. It was Wahbi's third goal of the season—all coming in the last two games, and Marin collected his first career assist.
After 31 minutes had passed without a goal, Carpio put the Knights ahead 2-0. Bilbao fed a pass into the box, which Carpio banged off the inside right post with a one-timer at 31:33 for his ninth goal of the season. It proved to be his second game-winner of the year, and moved him into a tie for ninth in school history with 22 goals.
At 35:04, Bilbao set up his second assist of the game and team-best ninth of the season when he lofted a perfectly-placed free kick onto the right post from the deep right wing. There, Thomas registered his first career goal as the NJCU defender was positioned for a header inside the right post.
Tejada scored his third goal of the year at 56:57, when he took a pass from Quiros and from 35 yards out, pinpointed a shot inside the right post. The assist was Quiros' second in as many games. NJCU concluded the scoring at 87:17 when Vanegas, who tallied his first career assist, crossed a ball from the left wing which Marin redirected inside the right post with a one-timer, for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Maritime scored its only goal 49 seconds later when freshman midfielder Patrick Masango (Baltimore, MD/Phs Kumba) (Baltimore, MD/Phs Kumba) was left unmarked from 25 yards out and uncorked a shot that found a home in the upper right corner of the net. It was his team-best 10th goal of the year.
Freshman Harris Papson (Flushing, N.Y./Francis Lewis) (Flushing, NY/Francis Lewis) played the first half for the Privateers, making four saves against four goals. Senior Matt Kavanaugh (Penfield, NY/Penfield) (Penfield, NY/Penfield) stopped six second half shots, allowing two goals.
The Privateers will travel to Purchase College on Saturday, for their third conference game of the season. The game is set to begin at 1:00 PM.
