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The men's soccer team hosted Sussex County at Thomas Edison Park in Edison on Sept. 24. The Colts were looking for their fourth win in a row.  Muhammed Jawneh scored the first goal of the game for the team. The goal was unassisted. Idrissa Kamara scored the other two goals for the Colts. The first goal was assisted from Luiz Rosa. The second goal was assisted by Collins Aidoo.  Though the Colts goalies gave up two goals to Sussex, they were able to hang on for the 3-2 win. The Colts goalies recorded seven saves. Kamara's two goals came off of five shots. The five shots was most among the Colts in the game. Jawneh's goal came off of his only shot of the game. The only other player that attempted shots was Jemaul Weir. He attempted three shots, two shots on goal, but did not score a goal.

The women's volleyball team traveled to take on Ocean County on Sept. 17. They were looking to get back to .500 at 3-3.  The Colts would take the first set by a final score of 27-25. Ocean County, however, took the next three sets to win the match. They won the second match by a final score of 25-19 to tie the match at one set apiece. Ocean County dominated the third set, winning by a final score of 25-11. The Colts would need to win the fourth set to make it a best-of-five. They were unable to. Ocean County won the set by a final score of 25-19 to win the match.

The Blue Colts women's soccer team hosted Bucks County at the College on Sept. 17. They were looking for their second straight win after an opening loss.  The first goal of the game came from Ciara Alston on an unassisted kick into the net. The Colts weren't done there. Melissa Ciacio scored the second goal of the game. The Colts led 2-0 after 45 minutes. Alston, who scored the first goal of the game, scored two goals in the second half. The Colts won by a final score of 4-0. The win was their second in a row after they fell in their opening game against Brookdale. Colts goalies recorded an outstanding 19 saves to complete the shutout. Bucks goalie Holly Bowser recorded 15 saves, but also gave up the four goals

The men's soccer team played Passaic County College at Pennington Park in Delanco, NJ on Sept. 17. The men were looking to get back on the winning side after suffering their first loss of the season against Bergen. In the 12th minute, Mused Mohamed scored the first goal of the game for the Colts. The assisted was credited to Vlad Niculescu. The next goal was scored in the 31st minute, also for the Colts. The goal was scored by Osam Jouejati with the assist coming from Luiz Rosa. Idrissa Kamara scored the Colts' third goal of the game in the 69th minute. The assist came from Jorge Sanchez. In the 82nd minute, Mohamed scored his second goal of the game. The assist for this goal came from Collins Aidoo. The Colts won in a 4-0 shutout over Passaic. Goalie Christopher Curton didn't need to do much work in this game. Passaic attempted just five shots, all of which he saved. 

Nine year old Audrey Walker of Campbell, CA is a miracle of God. Walker was born with several medical conditions that caused her to be born without eyes and she had immediate open heart surgery after she was born.  The troubles didn't stop there, however. 10 days after the surgery, Audrey's throat began to close. Breathing became impossible. She once again had to have emergency surgery to remove what her father, Jim Walker, called the "abnormal blocking growth" in her throats that closed it up and prevented her from breathing.  The story begins before she was even born. When Jim and his wife Heather went for the ultrasound, doctors said that Audrey would come out dead or would need emergency life-saving surgery the moment she was born. Doctors also gave her only two years to live if the surgeries she endured didn't go as planned. Jim found a doctor, Dr. Frank Hanley, who could save Audrey's life through a procedure he created called unifocalizat...

The Colts volleyball team traveled to take on Raritan Valley Community College on Sept 8. They were looking for their first win of the season.  The Lady Colts would go on to win the match by a final score of 3-0. In the first set, the Colts won 25-19. They won the second set 25-17. In the third set, they swept the match in a 25-18 win. Amber Rauh led the ladies with five kills. Jahmeice Coleman followed her with four kills. Stefanie Iglesias, who recorded two kills, led the team with four assists.

During her time at The College, Lena Buccigrossi played three sports - volleyball, softball and basketball. She is no longer at The College, but she is still playing multiple sports. She currently attends Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr, PA.  While attending Rosemont, Buccigrossi continues to play volleyball and softball. As for basketball, the decision to play that as well is up in the air. "I do have the opportunity to play all three but I'm debating about basketball right now! My classes are getting harder and three sports is a big commitment," she said. She is currently studying Psychology and plans to focus on forensics in the future. She also studied Psychology at The College. Even though she is at a new school, Buccigrossi says she misses the Athletics that The College provided to her.  "No doubt that I am completely happy where I am but I miss everything about athletics at [The College]," she said, " I miss the girls on the teams who w...