Women's Soccer vs Wagner - September 2, 2021

Wagner WAG (2-2-0, 0-0-0)

NJIT NJIT (1-4-0, 0-0-0)

Wagner WAG

(2-2-0, 0-0-0)

Final

Sep. 02, 2021

NJIT NJIT

(1-4-0, 0-0-0)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Wagner WAG	0	0	0
NJIT NJIT	0	1	1

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Pape's Header Gives Women's Soccer 1-0 Victory Over Wagner

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NEWARK, N.J. --- Hard work pays off.

After taking on the challenge of a grueling four-game stretch to start the season, the NJIT women's soccer team put together its best performance of the year and was rewarded with a 1-0 victory over Wagner College Thursday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.

Freshman Taylor Pape picked the perfect time to score her first career goal, heading home a corner kick from junior Bailey Chant in the 77th minute to give the Highlanders (1-4) their first victory and first goal of the 2021 campaign.

From kickoff to the final whistle, NJIT was the more aggressive, more consistent and more composed side on the field. Offensively, the Highlanders took 19 shots, marking their first match with that many chances since rattling off 19 shots in another 1-0 home victory over Jacksonville (Oct. 24, 2019). NJIT's back line held Wagner (2-2) to four total shots, its lowest total since giving up only two shots against Saint Peter's on August 31, 2019.

NJIT also held a 6-1 edge in shots on goal, with Wagner's lone on goal chance matching Saint Peter's amount in the same 2019 matchup.

Eight different Highlanders logged a shot in the box score, led by Chant's five. Freshman Caroline Caputo and sophomore Briana Ramirez - who made her first career in the front line - each took three shots, juniors Madison Taibl and Lauren Chamberlain had a pair of chances and fifth year Tara Walenczyk joined Pape with one shot attempt.

Thankfully for the Highlanders, Pape was able to make hers count.

Redshirt junior Molly Saylor only needed to make one save in victory - her first time logging one or fewer stops since making one save at LIU on September 13, 2019.

All together, the victory gets NJIT back into the win colum for the first time since beating Wagner by the same score on the same field 186 days ago (Feb. 28, 2021; 2020 season).

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NJIT will close out the week on Saturday, September 4 with a Noon home matchup against Saint Peter's.

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