William Paterson 1, Stockton 0

Lou Herring

Boxscore
Richard Stockton (12-7-1, 4-4-1) closed the regular season with a 1-0 defeat at William Paterson (8-4-6) in a key NJAC match. Stockton goalkeeper Lou Herring (Freehold/Freehold) registered five saves as the Ospreys were outshot 12-7 in the game. The loss had playoff implications for Stockton, which slid to the fifth seed for the NJAC tournament due to the result.

William Paterson scored the only goal of the game on a volley shot at 30:43. Stockton generated two quality chances late in the game but could not break through. An attack by Sean McCallum (Vineland/Vineland) was cleared away from the goal mouth by a Pioneers’ defender with 11:45 to play and Chris Hayman (Pittsgrove/ Schalick) narrowly missed on a header that sailed just over the crossbar with less than three minutes remaining in the 1-0 defeat.