Box Score
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Lehman College women's soccer team earned the Hudson Classic Championship, by knocking off New Jersey City University in the Championship game, by a score of 4-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Lightning are now 3-0 in the regular season for the first time in program history.
 
"I am very proud of the girls," Lightning head coach Casey Melilli said. "They worked hard and I am very excited to see what the rest of the season brings."
 
Sophomore midfielder Lillian Barreto (Bronx, N.Y./Harry S. Truman), senior forward Juliana Generoso (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle), freshman midfielder Chelsey Harris (Bronx, N.Y./Cayon), and freshman midfielder Michelle Reyes Ruiz (Bronx, N.Y./Valhalla) each tallied goals for Lehman.
 
The Lightning scored their first three goals in a span of 3:48. Reyes Ruiz opened the scoring by gaining possession of the loose ball off a corner kick by sophomore midfielder Gredia Sanchez-Espejel (Yonkers, N.Y./Yonkers), and drilling it into the back of the net to give Lehman a 1-0 lead.
 
Just one minute later, Harris tallied her fourth goal of the season, by chipping the shot under the bar and into the cage to give the Lightning a two-goal advantage. Just under three minutes later, Generoso dribbled the ball and shot it inside the near post to give the Lightning a three-goal cushion. That would be the score going into halftime.
 
Just over seven minutes into the second half, Barreto launched the ball from 40-yards out and into the net to give Lehman an insurance goal. The Lightning went on to win, 4-0.
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Stephanie Gonzalez (Yonkers, N.Y./Gorton) earned her second shutout of the season by stopping all four shots on goal she faced. Lehman outshot New Jersey City, 20-10.
 
The Lightning will return home on Tuesday, for a non-conference match with SUNY Purchase, at 7:00 p.m.