Game 3	at Seton Hall (1-1)
Date | Time	Thursday, August 25 | 4:00 pm
Location | Arena	South Orange, NJ | Owen T. Carroll Field
All-Time Series	Seton Hall leads 1-0
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Live Video	FloFC ($)

NEWARK, N.J. — The NJIT women's soccer team begins its season-long three-match road trip on Thursday afternoon when the Highlanders travel across the county to face local foe and Big East member Seton Hall in South Orange.

LAST TIME OUT 
NJIT produced an impressive result in its last matchup, playing St. John's to a 2-2 draw on Sunday afternoon in Newark. Kelsey Ramos and Ariana Caminos netted the Highlanders' two goals in the game, with Caminos also setting up Ramos' score. Ramos' goal in the 22nd minute tied the match at 1-1 and after remaining deadlocked after halftime, Caminos put the Highlanders ahead, 2-1, in the 64th minute. St. John's would score around 14 minutes later to set the final score.

NEWS AND NOTES TO KNOW
8: The number of America East weekly awards NJIT Women's Soccer has won all-time after sophomore Ciara Adams earned the first Offensive Player of the Week award on August 22. Adams scored a brace in the Highlanders' 4-0 season-opening win against LIU on August 18.

7: Sunday's draw with St. John's - a Sweet 16 program just a season ago - kept the program's overall unbeaten streak alive at seven games, dating back to last season's five-match run (3-0-2 to close the year).

605:32: The final length of NJIT's school record shutout streak that started with those final final games of 2021 and ended with St. John's first goal on Sunday.

2: NJIT has scored multiple goals in both its games to begin the season after only doing so one time in 19 contests in 2021.

44: The difference between the number of career games it took for Caminos (46) and Ramos (2) to net their first career goals.

4: NJIT held LIU's offensive attack in check, only allowing the Sharks to register four total shots. The last time the Highlander defense conceded four shots or fewer in a victory was against Wagner on Sept. 2, 2021 (1-0 win, four shots allowed).

15: Molly Saylor also added to her career shutout tally with her 15th all-time clean sheet against the Sharks. The redshirt senior played all 90 minutes and only needed to make one save. The last time Saylor faced so little resistance was in the Saint Peter's match last year (also one save).

7: Head coach Ally Nick is in her seventh season as head coach of the Highlanders. Nick compiled a 42-46-11 (17-24-4 conference) record in six seasons prior to 2022, including three conference tournament appearances in six years (2018-19 ASUN, 2021 AE)

30: NJIT is running with a 30-woman roster consisting of: 21 returners from last season's America East quarterfinal team, eight freshmen and transfer Lily Bray.

3: Three returners from 2021 were honored by the America East last season: Redshirt senior Molly Saylor (Second Team All-AE, AE All-Academic), Fifth Year Siani Magruder (Second Team All-AE, AE All-Championship Team), and sophomore Caroline Caputo (AE All-Rookie Team)

This will also be NJIT's third season in the America East after the school joined the league in July 2020. However, it will be the Highlanders' first AE campaign after a proper offseason (2020 was played in Spring 2021 due to COVID and 2021 was played the following fall). 

7: This year's roster hails from seven different places (five states, two countries): New Jersey (16 players), Pennsylvania (5), Virginia (4), New York (2), North Carolina, New Zealand, and Portugal.

2: A pair of successful local coaches joined Coach Nick's staff for the 2022 campaign. Ariana Ruela (former head coach at Rutgers-Newark) and Graeham Gotrell (former Montclair State women's and men's soccer assistant coach) were hired this summer after the departures of longtime assistants Mary Hearin (Delaware) and Chris Duggan (Princeton)

60: Sixty percent of NJIT's offense from 2021 is back on the pitch this season. Bailey Chant is the Highlanders' leading returning scorer (3 G, 2 A) while six other players registered a goal last season (Angela Harris, Ciara Adams, Aleesha Deshmukh, Briana Ramirez, Emma Bitar, Taylor Pape).

5: After earning the No. 3 seed and hosting the first-ever America East Tournament home game in NJIT history, the Highlanders were voted to finish tied for this year's Preseason Poll by the league's head coaches.

2022 STATS LEADERS
Goals: Ciara Adams - 2
Assists: Aleesha Deshmukh - 2
Points: Adams - 4
Shots: Daniella Vito - 3
Saves: Molly Saylor - 7
GAA: Saylor - 1.00

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
NJIT and Seton Hall will be meeting for just the second time in their histories, despite only being separated by around four miles. The Pirates have split its two matches this year, falling to La Salle on August 18 (1-0) and bouncing back against Central Connecticut State on August 21 (2-1).

NEXT UP
NJIT will continue its road trip on Sunday, August 28 with a trip to Philadelphia to take on Drexel. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.