Elaina Corson and Madison Rothwein combined for 11 goals, including eight in the second half, as #16 Rowan fought back to earn a 16-9 win over Stockton in the NJAC women’s lacrosse opener for the Profs. Rowan (10-2; 1-0 NJAC) has now won seven straight.
Corson finished with six goals and Rothwein matched her season-high with five, while adding two assists. Trish Gillen had two goals on the day while Amelia Govern matched her career-high with two assists.
Trailing 6-5 at halftime, the Profs took over in the second half. Alexis Lowry notched the first goal of the third quarter before Stockton inched ahead, 7-6. But that would be the Ospreys’ last lead of the game as Rothwein netted the tying goal at 7:42. Corson followed with a string of four straight goals, with assists from Fiona Lockhart, Rothwein, and Sofia Lijo to build Rowan’s lead up to 11-7.
After Stockton (9-4; 1-1) scored at 11:34 to end Corson’s streak, Gillen took a pass from Rothwein to give the Profs a 12-8 lead. Rothwein put together a scoring spurt of her own by scoring Rowan’s next three goals to increase the lead to 15-9. Olivia Wisor closed out the scoring taking a pass from Govern.
Stockton staked a 2-0 lead in the first quarter while keeping the Profs scoreless.
Rowan got on the board in the second, with Lockhart and Gillen scoring goals in a span of 20 seconds to tie the game at 2-2. Stockton netted three straight goals to go up, 5-2, before the Profs answered with three in a row. Rothwein scored at 3:34, with Corson tallying one just seconds later off a pass from Govern. Corson added another at 1:42, assisted by Lockart to tie the game at 5-5, before the Ospreys went ahead, 6-5, with 20 seconds left in the half.
Rowan held a 17-7 advantage in shots on goal with Kylie Durboraw making three saves in the victory.
The Profs will head on the road this Saturday for a 1 p.m. game at Ramapo and then return home, hosting Kean on Saturday, April 18 for “Senior Day”.