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Cargen sets saves mark in tie at Stockton

POMONA – Senior goalkeeper Kristen Cargen (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) set a Rutgers University-Camden women’s soccer record with 17 saves to help the Lady Raptors post a 1-1 tie in double overtime in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game at Richard Stockton College here Wednesday night.

The Raptors, who were out-shot by a 32-3 margin, hung on for the tie as Cargen posted her 17 saves, including two in each of the overtime periods, to preserve the tie. She broke the program’s single-game record of 16 saves set by teammate Jayme Gatti (Delran, NJ/Delran) against the College of New Jersey on Sept. 27, 2006.

Stockton, which received three votes toward the d3kicks.com Top 25 poll this week and has been ranked as high as No. 22 nationally in the NSCAA/adidas poll this season, stands at 11-2-2 overall and 3-1-2 in the NJAC.

Rutgers-Camden, which is 6-6-4 overall and 0-4-2 in the conference, is 1-6-2 in the all-time series against the Ospreys.

The Lady Raptors were out-shot, 12-3, in the opening half, but managed to score the game’s first goal only 55 seconds before the break on a tally by freshman Jessica Ramirez (Union, NJ/Union). It was the second goal of the season for Ramirez. She was assisted by sophomore Jessica Leoni (Blackwood, NJ/Highland Regional), who earlier in the week was named to the national d3kicks.com Team of the Week.

The rest of the game, the Ospreys held a commanding 20-0 advantage in shots, but managed to score only one goal. That tally came on a penalty kick by Katie Henderson (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) at 78:40, after the Raptors were called for a handball in the box. Henderson’s goal snapped a string of 248:33 consecutive scoreless minutes by Cargen, the fifth-longest string in school history, but she ended up playing the full 110 minutes without allowing a goal from the field of play, extending her non-penalty kick scoreless streak to 279:53.

The Ospreys had plenty of chances to break that deadlock, but Val Davison (Cranbury, NJ/Princeton) hit the post on a 12-yard shot in the first overtime. In the second overtime, Cargen made a pair of game-saving saves against Courtney Dougherty (Ocean City, NJ/Ocean City) and on the follow-up shot off the rebound of that save, which was taken by Shelley Gibney (Shamong, NJ/Seneca).

While Cargen had a busy night with her 17 saves, Stockton keeper Danielle Nettleton (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) didn’t make a save in her first start of the season.
Stockton travels to Ramapo College Saturday for a 1 p.m. conference game.

The Lady Raptors return to action with a 6 p.m. home NJAC game Saturday night against William Paterson University. The game will be Senior Night for the Raptors’ duo of Cargen and captain Brittney Mancine (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape).



Submitted 2007-10-11 10:14:50 by Rutgers University-Camden Sports Information Department

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