JERSEY CITY—New Jersey City University women’s soccer sophomore forward Julia Caseres is featured in the October 5, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated. Caseres, the current Division III national leader in both total goals and points per game (4.00), is the 10th NJCU student-athlete to appear in Sports Illustrated since 2000.
She is the eighth Gothic Knight published in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” section. Caseres is also the second women’s soccer player featured by SI—the first since December 2000.
Caseres, a two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week selection this season, and one-time ECAC Division III Player of the Week, scored 18 goals with eight assists for 44 points in 12 games during the month of September, scoring in seven matches. She notched six multiple-goal games, four hat tricks, six unassisted goals and three game-winners.
As of October 5, Caseres leads the NJAC in nearly every offensive category—points (44), points per game (3.38), goals (18), goals per game (1.38), assists (8), shots (92), and shots per game (7.08).
“Faces in the Crowd” is on page 30 of the magazine. It can also be viewed online at: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2009/10/05/