Box Score NEWARK, N.J.—Three unanswered goals in the final 35 minutes by the FDU-Florham Devils women's soccer team (6-7,0-1 MAC), provided them with a come-from-behind victory, defeating the Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders (3-8-1) 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Trailing 2-0 in the 56
th minute, Devils senior forward
Samantha Messina (Landing, N.J./Roxbury) ignited the comeback when she scored the team's first goal of the night. Sixteen minutes later, freshman midfielder
Brittni Calleo (Bayville, N.J./Central Regional) evened the score when she drove home an assist from
Jennifer DiGioia (Roxbury, N.J./Roxbury/CCM) for her third goal of the season.
The game appeared to be headed for overtime, but in the 88
th minute senior forward
Michelle Hickey (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township) collected the ball inside the 18-yard line and scored the decisive goal for the Devils.
In handing the Scarlet Raiders their eighth straight defeat, the Devils have now won three of their last four contests.
Devils goalkeeper
Annie George (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) stopped six shots in the victory.
FDU outshot Rutgers-Newark 18-13 in the contest.
Next up for the Devils:
FDU heads to Wilkes-Barre, PA to take on Freedom Conference-foe Wilkes University this Saturday, October 12
th, with kickoff slated for 3:30 p.m.