Sept. 26, 2006

Box Score

Piscataway, NJ - The Hawks fell to Rutgers, 3-2 Tuesday night at the RU Stadium Complex, bringing SJU's record to 5-5. Senior Nicole Antonini and sophomore Marisa Pizzi combined for the goals.

Rutgers opened up the scoring with ten minutes left in the first half when Amy Lewis dribbled through two defenders and lifted a shot into the upper left corner of the cage. A minute later, the Hawks were awarded a short corner, after which, Antonini came up with the ball and passed it to Pizzi who was able to loft it into the upper right corner for her third goal of the season.

The opening of the second half saw Saint Joseph's come out shooting. After being awarded another corner, Theresa Barbati was able to get off a shot that was blocked. Minutes later there was a scramble in front of the Scarlet Knights' goal and Antonini was able to land a shot in the back of the cage for her eighth goal of the season, and the lead.

The Hawks were unable to slow the Rutgers offense as four minutes later, RU tied up the score with 20:00 minutes remaining in the game. Both teams continued to battle, but at 58:57 Rutgers earned a corner that Lewis dribbled in from the top of the circle and slapped a shot that managed to get past Goalie Rebecca Cunfer for the game-winning goal. Although the Hawks had three more corners and two more shots in the last 10:00 minutes of play, SJU was unable to answer back.

Saint Joseph's had five corners and 12 shots on the day. Antonini currently has 18 points for the season, and 109 career points. Antonini's assist to Pizzi was her 24th career assist, tying her for second in SJU's Career History list.

The Hawks return to action Saturday, September 30th at home when they take on the Longwood Lancers. Game time is set for noon.