Posted: Oct 13, 2025
Toms River, NJ - Congratulations to Batool Abdelmalak and Adal Garcia, our OCC Vikings Players of the Week!
Ocean CC Women’s Cross Country sophomore Batool Abdelmalak (Manchester, NJ/Manchester) has been competing this season at a level that earned her NJCAA All-Region 19 honors in her freshman year, most recently running a team-leading (and personal best) 23:21 at the NJIT Highlander Invitational (5K), held on October 11. Batool and OCC Cross Country will next take the trail this Saturday, October 18, when they participate in Rowan University's Border Battle.
OCC Men's Soccer (9-1-2) has proven thus far to be a team with a host of Vikings willing to step up and bring home the win, and Adal Garcia (Lakewood, NJ/Jackson Liberty) is absolutely among that group, with the fleet-footed sophomore midfielder scoring the game-winner in Ocean's 1-0 defeat of Atlantic Cape CC on October 9, and assisting on 2 goals in the team's next match, a 4-1 win at Delaware County CC on October 11. Adal and OCC Men's Soccer next travel to Northampton CC this Tuesday, October 14 for a 4pm match versus the Spartans.