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PITMAN, NJ – Rowan’s Erin Renshaw (Washington Twp., NJ/Washington Twp.) was named the NJAC Offensive Player of the Week and Elaina Corson (Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley Regional) was named the NJAC Rookie of the Week in the conference’s women’s lacrosse awards that were announced today. Renshaw totaled nine goals and one assist in two wins last week, extending Rowan's winning streak to four. The senior had four goals in the 16-11 victory at Scranton, with three...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Jamie Cutrera tied her career-high with four goals, and Julianna Corson and Erin Renshaw added four apiece as Rowan defeated Stevenson, 17-7, in women's lacrosse action. The victory extends the Profs' winning streak to four as they improve to 6-2 on the year. Cutrera and Corson each handed out an assist while Elaina Corson scored three and Molly Green and Michaela Donnelly had three apiece. Mel Rodgers made her first start of...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Anthony Schooley drove in a career-high five runs and Karson Harcourt had three RBI as #10 Rowan (13-3) won its eighth straight, defeating visiting Swarthmore, 15-2, in non-league baseball action. Righthander Matt Choi earned the win in six innings of work. Schooley was 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and a sacrifice fly to post five RBI, with Harcourt going 2-for-4 at the plate. Ryan Murphy and Pat Defeciani crossed the plate...
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ASTON, PA – Anthony Schooley had three hits and Pat Defeciani drove in three runs as #11 Rowan defeated Neumann, 12-2, in a game shortened to seven innings due to the 10-run rule. It is the Profs' sixth straight win, improving them to 11-3 on the year. Schooley went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI while Defeciani was 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBI, including two runs scored. The Profs had 13 hits...
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KANSAS CITY, MO – Rowan forward Ja'Zere Noel has been named to the 2022-23 NABC Division III District All-America First Team, as voted on by National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division III coaches. He becomes the Profs' first All-American since Matt Byrnes was a first-team selection in 1997-98. Ja'Zere Noel (right), photo provided Noel is the 10th player in Rowan men's basketball history to earn All-America status, and the fourth to become a first-team...
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ALLIANCE, OHIO – Rowan’s run in the NCAA Championship came to end in the Sweet 16 as the #22 Profs fell to #12 Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 91-76, in the game held at Mount Union. The Profs finish the year with a 24-6 record, after winning the NJAC Championship and advancing the furthest in the NCAA Tournament since 1997-98. UW-Oshkosh led from the tip and by as much as 11 points, 35-24, with 4:21 to play in the...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The 11th-ranked Rowan baseball team opened its 2023 season with a high-scoring start as the Profs totaled 34 runs in a sweep of Virginia Wesleyan (1-9) by scores of 20-11 and 14-7. CNBNews graphic files Newcomer Phil Sedalis drove in nine runs in his Rowan debut, as he had seven RBI with two home runs in the first-game win. Tyler Cannon went 6-for-13 in the two games, scoring four runs, while...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Andrew Seager scored 23 points and Marcellus Ross had 18 as Rowan defeated Utica, 83-72, to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. The Profs will face Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Friday, March 10 in the sectional round, with the site to be determined. It marks the first time since 1997-98 that Rowan (24-5) has won its first two games in the NCAA Championship. The Profs’ 24 victories...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan freshman Trish Gillen scored a season-high four goals but the Profs were edged by Stevens, 12-11, in women’s lacrosse action this afternoon. Gillen added an assist for the first five-point game of her career while classmate Elaina Corson added two goals for Rowan (2-1). Trish Gillen (Scotch Plains HS) With Rowan leading 8-7 at the start of the second half, Stevens (3-0) scored four consecutive goals to take an 11-8 lead...
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SCRANTON, PA – The Rowan women’s basketball team saw its season come to an end as the Profs fell, 67-59, to Rhode Island College in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship held at the University of Scranton. The NJAC champion Profs finish the year with a 20-9 record. Nicole Mallard scored 14 points, Grace Marshall had 11 and Dakota Adams had 10 points and 15 rebounds for her fifth...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Ja’Zere Noel had a game-high 29 points as Rowan held off Cal Lutheran, 83-77, in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship held at Esby Gym. The win advances the Profs to the second round on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against Utica, which scored a 72-60 win over Babson. Ja’Zere Noel Noel also grabbed 14 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season with Andrew Seager contributing 13...
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JERSEY CITY, NJ (February 25, 2023)--– Nicole Mallard had 17 points and Dakota Adams scored 15 as third-seeded Rowan won the 2023 NJAC Women’s Basketball Championship, defeating top-seeded New Jersey City, 79-70. It is Rowan’s second title under coach Demetrius Poles, with the last one coming in the 2019-20 season, while it is the eighth all-time for the Profs. Adams contributed 15 rebounds and Mallard went 8-for-10 from the foul line. Danielle McCurdy scored 12...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Marcellus Ross scored a game-high 24 points as top-seeded Rowan defeated second-seeded Stockton, 103-88, to win the 2023 NJAC Men’s Basketball Championship in front of a sold-out crowd at Esby Gym. It is the Profs’ second title since 2019 and the 12th all-time in the program’s history. With the win, Rowan (22-5) earns the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Ross connected on 7-of-11 three-point field goals and reached the 1,000-point...
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PITMAN, NJ - Rowan junior Ja’Zere Noel has been named the 2023 Pony Wilson NJAC Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Year and is joined on the All-Conference Teams by three teammates, as the conference announced its year-end awards. Noel, who shares the top honor with Montclair State’s Steven Breeman, becomes the fifth Prof to win the Player of the Year award, and the first since 2007-08. Noel (Woodbury, NJ) was named to the All-Conference First...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan's men's basketball team will play for the NJAC Championship on Friday, February 24th, when the top-seeded Profs host second-seeded Stockton at 7 p.m. in Esby Gym. The champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. NJAC CHAMPIONSHIP TICKET POLICY - MEN'S BASKETBALL - Tickets will be available for purchase at the doors of Esby Gym beginning on Friday at 5:30 p.m.; Doors will not open for seating until...
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GLASSBORO, NJ - Rowan’s Connor Dickerson (Marlton, NJ), Andrew Seager (Ocean Twp., NJ) and Damian Smith (Marlton, NJ) have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District 2 Men’s Basketball Team. The three Profs now advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot with first-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees to be announced in mid-March. For Dickerson, a senior business management major, this marks his second consecutive selection to the Academic All-District Team...
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- Head Coach Demetrius Poles was selected the 2022-23 New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year as the year-end awards were announced on Tuesday. Additionally, Nicole Mallard, Grace Marshall, and Danielle McCurdy were named to the NJAC All-Conference Teams. Coach Demetrius Poles Poles earns his second NJAC Coach of the Year honor after winning the honor in 2019-20. So far this season, he has guided the Profs to an 18-8...
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BROCKPORT, NY – Rowan field hockey standouts Abby Hainsworth (Williamstown, NJ) and Melissa Donaldson (Maple Shade, NJ) lead a group of six Profs to be named 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III Scholars of Distinction. Both seniors are repeat honorees. Joining the seniors are first-time selections sophomores Madison Murray (Garnet Valley, PA) and Isabel Weiner (Metuchen, NJ), and freshmen Mabel Acuna-Casey (Morristown, NJ) and Sidney Pavlishin (Newton, NJ) The NFHCA Scholars of...
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- A late three-pointer from Grace Marshall put Rowan on top for good as the Profs held off Ramapo, 69-65, Saturday afternoon at Esbjornson Gymnasium in a NJAC Tournament First-Round game. The third-seeded Profs (18-8) move on to the semifinal round where second-seeded Kean awaits as the two teams will meet on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The other semifinal pits #4 TCNJ, who took down #5 William Paterson, 61-56, at top-seeded NJCU. The...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Andrew Seager had 20 points and 11 rebounds to help #23 Rowan to a 77-70 win over Rutgers-Newark in Esby Gym, that clinched the NJAC regular-season championship for the Profs with a 16-1 league record. It marks the first time since 1998-99 that Rowan has won the regular season title in a single-division format, as in 2006-07 the Profs finished first in the NJAC South Division. The Profs are now 20-4 (16-1...
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GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan jumped out to a 22-5 lead and never looked back as the Profs defeated Rutgers-Newark, 83-41, in an NJAC women’s basketball matchup at Esby Gym. The victory improves the Profs to 15-8 (12-5 NJAC) as they have now won seven of their last eight. Ny’emah Middleton and Dakota Adams led the balanced effort with 10 points apiece, as 15 players got into the scoring column. Kristina Johnson and Jess McLaughlin each...
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PITMAN, NJ – The Rowan baseball team has been picked to finish first in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, as the 2023 NJAC Preseason Coaches Poll was announced today. The Profs also received seven out of a CNBNews graphic file possible ten first-place votes. Rowan is ranked 11th in the nation in the preseason polls D3baseball.com and Collegiate Baseball. The Profs went 33-10 last season and captured the NJAC regular-season title with a 16-2 record....
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BROCKPORT, NY – A total of 14 student-athletes from the NCAA Semifinalist Rowan field hockey team have been named to the 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad. More than 1,700 student-athletes from 157 NCAA Division III institutions have earned the distinction. The NFHCA National Academic Squad program, sponsored by OPA Winning Teams, honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher through the first semester...
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UNION, NJ -- Rowan held off Kean, 78-76, on Saturday to move into a tie for first place in the NJAC and pick up the team's seventh win in a row. The Profs also had another team milestone as Grace Marshall scored her 1,000th career point in the process, becoming the second player on the team this season to hit the mark. On Wednesday, Nicole Mallard did the same en route to a win over...
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UNION, NJ – Marcellus Ross scored a season-high 27 points, hitting six three-pointers, and Josh Wright hit a late three-pointer to lead #25 Rowan to a 95-88 win at Kean to remain unbeaten in conference play at 15-0. Rowan improves to 19-3 on the season and extends its winning streak to 11 games. Rowan held a slim 90-88 lead with 1:03 to play, and Kean couldn’t convert on its next possession. But the Profs did,...
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MAHWAH, NJ – Kate Herlihy scored a career-high 14 points to lead the Rowan women’s basketball team to a 54-41 win at Ramapo in NJAC action to give the Profs their fifth straight victory. Rowan is now 13-7 and 9-4 in the conference. Herlihy made 6-of-14 from the field and hit two three-pointers while Dakota Adams was the only other Prof in double figures with 10 points. Reagan Russo shot 6-for-8 from the foul line...
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MAHWAH, NJ – Rowan led from the opening tip and by double-digits for most of the game as it picked up a 97-66 win over Ramapo in NJAC men’s basketball action. Marcellus Ross and Ja’Zere Ross had 17 points apiece to lead the Profs to their ninth straight win, improving to 17-3 and a perfect 13-0 in conference play. Ross connected on four three-pointers and Noel shot 7-for-15 from the field to top the Profs....
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GLASSBORO, NJ (January 26, 2023)-- Rowan won its fourth game in a row as the Profs took down TCNJ, 60-45, in NJAC action at Esbjornson Gymnasium Wednesday night. Nicole Mallard netted a team-high 15 points while Grace Marshall scored nine of her 13 points in the final quarter. Dakota Adams was the top Rowan rebounder with eight, while Marshall handed out three assists as well. Leading 38-32 heading into the fourth, the Profs opened the...
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GLASSBORO, NJ (January 18, 2023) -- Led by Grace Marshall's game-high 22 points, Rowan held off Stockton, 63-54, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup Wednesday evening at Esbjornson Gymnasium. The senior was 8-of-16 from the floor in netting a season-high scoring as the Profs erased an 11-point second-quarter hole. Kate Herlihy kicked 10 points off the bench as Rowan turned 17 offensive rebounds into 11 second-chance points. Rowan led 14-11 after the first quarter...
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PITMAN, NJ – Rowan’s Connor Dickerson (Marlton, NJ/Moorestown) has been named the NJAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after he helped the Profs to a pair of wins last week which gave them sole possession of first place in the conference. The senior guard averaged 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals in the 2-0 victories, while connecting on 71 percent of his field goal attempts (10-for-14), all five three-point attempts and shooting 82...
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MONTCLAIR, NJ – Ja'Zere Noel scored 24 points to lead six players in double figures as Rowan held off Montclair State, 109-103, in NJAC men's basketball action. Rowan (11-3; 8-0 NJAC) tied its highest scoring total of the year, while going over the 100-point mark for the sixth time in winning its fourth straight. Noel tallied 24 in 27 minutes of action while recording 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Andrew Seager...
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GLASSBORO NJ - Rowan standout Kristiina Castagnola was named the 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Player of the Year, putting a finishing touch on a long list of accomplishments that have solidified her status as one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history. And by reaching the pinnacle as the top player in NCAA Division III, Castagnola has earned a Special Achievement award from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and will...
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GLASSBORO, NJ - Josh Wright scored 19 points, Connor Dickerson had 18 and Damian Smith tallied 17 to lead the Rowan men's basketball team to an 87-70 win over Kean (13-1; 6-1), handing the visiting Cougars their first loss of the season and giving the Profs (11-3; 7-0 NJAC) sole possession of first place in the conference as the league's only undefeated team in NJAC play. Wright tied his season-high with 19 points in 19...
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TUCSON, AZ - The Rowan baseball team is ranked 12th in the nation in Collegiate Baseball's 2023 Preseason NCAA Division III Poll as announced today. The Profs went 33-10 last season, reaching the NCAA Willimantic Super Regional before falling to eventual champion Eastern Connecticut State. Rowan was ranked 11th nationally after last season in both the D3Baseball.com and Collegiate Baseball polls. 2023 Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll Rowan returns four of its top five hitters from...
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan powered its way past Salisbury, 106-92, on Saturday for its eighth-straight win. Andrew Seager tied a personal best in scoring as he paced six players in double figures with a game-high 27 points. Ja'Zere Noel bucketed 24 points as the Profs led from start to finish to improve to 8-2 on the year. As a team, Rowan hit 11 three-pointers (42%) and shot over 50% from the floor with Seager and...
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with 27 Points to Help Women's Basketball to a 79-72 Win at Gwynedd Mercy GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA -- Nicole Mallard scored 11 of her game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter to help lift Rowan to a 79-72 victory at Gwynedd Mercy on Saturday. For Mallard, the 27 points tied a career-high as the Profs picked up its third win in a row. Rookie Ny'emah Middleton added 15 points, all coming in the second half....
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GENEVA, NY – Rowan’s Kristiina Castagnola, Bridget Guinan and Julia Patrone have been named to the 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-America First Team. Castagnola earns the honor for the third time and it marks the first All-American selections for Guinan and Patrone, while giving the Profs their most First-Team honorees in one season. Castagnola becomes just the second in the program’s history to be chosen a three-time All-American, matching Marisa Marini (2013, 2014...
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SAN ANTONIO, TX - Rowan University head softball coach Kim Wilson, one of the winningest all-time NCAA Division III softball coaches, has been named to the 2023 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame Induction Class, as announced at the organization's annual convention. Wilson will be inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame next December at the convention, along with NFCA Executive Director Carol Bruggeman, Florida State head coach Lonni Alameda and retired Moravian...
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PHILADELPHIA – Rowan senior Chad Yates has been named the 2022 PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Men’s Soccer Performer of the Year and heads the 13-member Academic All-Area Team, which is voted on by the sports information offices from 30 institutions in the Philadelphia area. Yates (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) was the leader for the Profs, who won their first NJAC Championship since 2003, and made their third straight appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship, advancing to...
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GLASSBORO, NJ –Kristiina Castagnola had two goals and an assist, and Abby Hainsworth made nine saves and to lead #3 Rowan to a 4-0 win over #16 Christopher Newport in the Second Round of the NCAA Championship today at Coach Wackar Stadium. The win sends the Profs (20-1) into the Third Round on Sunday at 1 p.m. against #5 Messiah, which defeated #6 Tufts, 2-1. It marked the sixth multiple-goal game of the season for...
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HOBOKEN, NJ – Johnny Troiano and Chad Yates scored second-half goals to lift Rowan to a 3-2 win over #20 Middlebury in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship first round hosted by Stevens. The Profs (12-5-5) will meet fourth-ranked Stevens (16-0-3) on Sunday at 3 p.m. in a second-round contest. With the game tied, 2-2, Yates connected on a 30-yard free kick for his seventh gamewinner of the season at 68:13, which was his team-best 13th...
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- The NJAC Champion Rowan field hockey team will host the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championships Second and Third Rounds on November 12 and 13 at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. The third-ranked Profs (19-1) received a bye and will play the winner of the first-round matchup between Cabrini and Christopher Newport on Saturday, November 12 at 11 a.m. BRACKET Messiah has also earned a bye and will play the winner of the...
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan cemented the top playoff seed in the NJAC Tournament for the second-consecutive season as the Profs took down visiting Kean, 3-1, on Tuesday on Senior Night here at Esbjornson Gymnasium. Brianna Newson and Natalie Ogden combined to notch 27 of the team's 44 kills on the evening. Newson's 14 kills were a match high while Ogden added 13 kills and kicked in 12 digs for her 12th double-double on the season....
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GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan won its third-straight game as the defense held Kean on a fourth and goal from the eight-yard line with just under a minute as the Profs clipped Kean, 17-10, for a Homecoming victory Saturday afternoon at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. John Maldonado and James Fara each scored on the ground in the first half while defense allowed a season-low 41 rushing yards to help power the Profs to its third NJAC...
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PITMAN, NJ -- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its players of the week for the week ending October 16th which features seven Rowan Student-Athletes in the mix. The field hockey and women's soccer teams earned two awards apiece. Tess Herman was named the NJAC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week with teammate Julia Cavicchio earning the NJAC Defensive Player of the Week. Calista Burke was selected the NJAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of...
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WAYNE, NJ -- Quarterback Mike Husni ran for a pair of one-yard touchdowns and the Rowan Defense withstood a long William Paterson drive in the fourth quarter to grind out a 14-9 win over the Pioneers for the Profs' first NJAC win of the season on Saturday. The Prof Defense yielded a season-low 250 yards while the offense was able to produce 216 yards and make enough plays in the red zone, scoring points on...
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GLASSBORO, NJ (October 5, 2022)- Rowan will host "Friday Night Lights" on Friday, October 7 when the football team takes on conference rival TCNJ. Kick-off is 6 p.m. at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium and the evening will be highlighted with a post-game fireworks display. The Profs are currently 2-1 on the year and the game with TCNJ will mark the conference home opener. As at every home game, the Bonesaw Beer Garden will be open...
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PITMAN, NJ -- The New Jersey Athletic Conference honored five Rowan student-athletes in its weekly awards program for the week ending September 25th. The volleyball team had two members cited as Natalie Ogden was named the NJAC Player of the Week, and teammate Victoria Hutchinson the NJAC Rookie of the Week. Olivia Giorano (Women's Soccer), Sidney Pavlishin (Field Hockey), and Johnny Troiano (Men's Soccer) all earned respective rookie of the week awards as well. Ogden...
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GLENSIDE, PA – Julia Patrone scored a hat trick and four other Profs got into the scoring column as #2 Rowan rolled to a 7-1 win at Arcadia in field hockey action this afternoon. The Profs are now 7-0 on the season. The Profs also got goals from Rachel Stone, Sidney Pavlishin, Kristiina Castagnola and Cienna Bosher. For Patrone, it was her second three-goal game of the year, and the fifth of her career. The...
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