Women's Soccer vs Maine - September 26, 2021

Maine MAINE (2-3-2, 0-2-0)

NJIT NJIT (3-8-0, 1-1-0)

Maine MAINE

(2-3-2, 0-2-0)

Final

Sep. 26, 2021

NJIT NJIT

(3-8-0, 1-1-0)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Maine MAINE	0	0	0
NJIT NJIT	0	1	1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 9/26/2021 4:53:00 PM

Conaghy's Goal Pushes Women's Soccer Past Maine For First-Ever AE Victory

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9/30/2021 | 7:00 PM

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NEWARK, N.J. --- It took a bit longer than expected, but NJIT Women's Soccer is on the board in America East play.

A second half goal by fifth year Christine Conaghy propelled the Highlanders to a 1-0 victory over the Maine Black Bears to give the program its first-ever conference win since joining the America East in July 2020.

The game-winning score was set up by a NJIT free kick in the 52nd minute. Senior Siani Magruder took the roughly 30 yard free kick from the left side of the field and nearly scored on the attempt. Magruder's shot deflected off the crossbar and was briefly cleared by Maine but junior Madison Taibl chipped the ball right back into the box.

Conaghy was able to settle the ball, juke a Maine defender from behind her back, and score on a left-foot shot that slipped underneath Black Bear goalkeeper Kira Kutzinski.

Have you ever watched something and said🤯

And then looked at it again later and said 🤯😮?

That was this goal by Christine Conaghy 😎@SportsCenter @NCAASoccer @ESPNAssignDesk @NCAAWomenSoccer @ESPNFC @AmericaEast @AEDigitalNet #SCTop10 @ESPNSCTop10 pic.twitter.com/3CYt2FuaHv
— NJIT Women's Soccer (@NJITWSoccer) September 26, 2021

Conaghy's goal was her second of the season, the fourth of her career, and gives her multiple goals in a season for the first time in her career. Taibl's assist was her first of the year and second of her career (vs Rider, September 5, 2019).

Redshirt junior Molly Saylor recorded her eighth career shutout by stopping a pair of shots and reached 200 career saves with her first stop at the 1:05 mark of the first period. Saylor joins Sadie Mele (437; 2007-10), Samantha Bersett (363; 2012-15), and Karen David (209; 2014-17) as Highlander goalkeepers with over 200 saves.

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Congrats are also in order for goalkeeper Molly Saylor - the fourth Highlander to record 200 or more career saves! 💪#RollTech | #ALLIN | #AEWSOC pic.twitter.com/ErueYfdPuW
— NJIT Women's Soccer (@NJITWSoccer) September 26, 2021

NJIT (3-8, 1-1 AE) matched its second-best shot differential (+7), outshooting Maine (2-3-2, 0-2 AE) 14-7. The Highlanders also outshot Saint Peter's by seven, 17-10, in their 6-0 over the Peacocks on September 4. The Highlanders also took six more corners than Maine (7-1) for their second-largest differential, behind its +9 performance at Rider on September 8.

NEXT UP
NJIT will wrap up its three-game homestand with a battle against defending America East champion Stony Brook on Thursday, September 30 at 7 p.m.

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