MONTCLAIR STATE PLACES FIVE ON
ALL-NJAC TEAM
Montclair, NJ (11/7/07) – The Montclair State women's soccer placed five players on the 2007 New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Conference Women's Soccer Team.
Sophomores Natalia Sisti (Lincoln Park, NJ / DePaul) and Lara Kaminski (Rahway, NJ / Union Catholic) each earned their second honor as the pair were named to the Second Team. MSU had three players named Honorable Mention - freshman forwards Christyn Scillieri (Wayne, NJ / Wayne Valley) and Liza Offreda (East Rutherford, NJ/Midland Park) and freshman defender Stefanie Elefther (Riverdale, NJ / Pascack Valley).
Sisti earned her second selection after leading the Red Hawks in scoring for a second straight year. Last season's NJAC Rookie of the Year scored 11 goals and added as team-best six assists. Sisti was a two-time NJAC Offensive Player of the Week selection and currently ranks sixth in points scored (28), seventh in goals and eighth in assists as well as collecting two game-winning tallies, including one versus William Paterson in a 2-1 overtime victory on September 19. Her totals this year now rank her seventh all-time in points (65) and fifth in goals (28).
Kaminski was third on the team with four goals and second with five assists as she recorded her second All-NJAC honor. Kaminski also had the game-winning goal as she scored twice in the Red Hawks' 4-0 win over Rutgers-Camden as the MSU Soccer Park on September 29.
Scillieri had a solid first campaign for Montclair State as she finished with 10 goals and tied Sisti for the team lead with six assists. Her 26 points are currently ninth in the league this season and she is ranked 10th in goals and ninth in assists while also ranking second in the league in game-winning goals with five. Scillieri was an NJAC Rookie of the Week selection for October 1 and then grabbed Offensive Player of the Week honors on October 15. The freshman tallied points in six straight games from October 10 to October 24 netting game winners in consecutive contests versus Ramapo and New York University.
Offreda appeared in 17 of Montclair State's 19 games, starting 14 of those contests as she contributed five goals and two assists for 12 points. Elefther started all 18 games she appeared in.
The Red Hawks finished the year at 9-9-1 with six of those losses coming by a goal. MSU placed fourth in the NJAC during the regular season and fell to eventual champion and No. 3 ranked The College of New Jersey, 1-0 in the tournament semifinals.
