Kylie Durboraw made a career-high 11 saves and Elaina Corson and Yasmin Harris had three goals each as #23 Rowan defeated #14 Stevens, 13-11, in non-conference women’s lacrosse action. The Profs improve to 3-1 on the year.

Durboraw made five of those saves in the final two minutes, while facing seven shots by Stevens (2-2), including two free-position shots to preserve the win for the Profs.

With a tight game the entire 60 minutes, Rowan broke the 11-11 tie with two late goals in a span of a minute. Alexis Lowry scored the game-winning goal at 3:13,  and Harris followed with the insurance goal at 2:06 off a pass from Corson.

The Profs trailed, 5-3, at halftime, but put together a strong third quarter, outscoring the Ducks, 6-3. Goals by Jess Hoffmaster and Madison Rothwein tied the game at 5-5, and after the teams traded goals, Stevens went ahead, 8-6. The Profs fought back as Fiona Lockhart netted one and Corson followed with two to put Rowan ahead again, 9-8, heading into the final period.

The teams were tied three more times in the fourth with Stevens knotting the game at 11-11 with 8:13 to play, setting the stage for Lowry’s gamewinner.

The second quarter was all Stevens as they outscored Rowan, 4-0, and took a 5-3 halftime lead. Rowan owned a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter on goals by Corson, Harris and Lockhart.

The Profs will face another Top 25 team on  Wednesday when they host #17 Scranton at 4 p.m.

Brayden Davis hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the bottom of the 11th, as #8 Rowan walked off a 9-7 win over #21 Penn State Harrisburg in the Profs’ season opener which had been rescheduled and moved 260 miles away. 

Rowan’s first four games were canceled or postponed due to weather and field conditions. The Profs will play again this weekend, hosting a doubleheader against Vermont State Castleton that will be played at Diamond Nation in Flemington, NJ. First pitch is 11 a.m.

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It marked Davis’ first career game with two homers while he posted a personal best six RBI going 3-for-6 at the plate. Jason Schooley also hit his first home run as a Prof, with a solo shot in the eighth that broke a 2-2 tie, while he had two RBI.  Damon Suriani and Joey Bogart each had two hits on the day and Evan McCoach scored three runs in his Rowan debut. 

Preseason All-American Zach Coluccio got the ball for opening day and went 5.0 innings, giving up two runs and striking out four. Christian Rice turned in a solid 3.0 innings with a personal-best seven strikeouts. Mark Grubb, Jake Andrey and Jack Norton made appearances in the late innings with Norton earning his first win as a Prof. 

The Lions took a 7-6 lead in the top of the 11th by James Quici. McCoach led off the Profs’ half of the inning being hit by a pitch. Nick Struble walked, setting the stage for Davis, who homered to centerfield to score McCoach and pinch runner Anthony Pallone and set off the Profs’ celebration. 

PSU Harrisburg (5-2) used a three-run triple by Cory Baker in the top of the ninth to take a 6-4 lead. But in the bottom half of the inning, Davis came through with a two-run homer to send the game into extra innings, scoring McCoach, who had singled. 

The teams were tied, 2-2, in the eighth before Schooley broke that with a solo shot to right field. The Profs went up, 4-2, when pinch hitter Brett Chiesa singled and brought home pinch runner Kyle Lamanteer, who ran for Ian Murphy after his single. 

PSU Harrisburg opened the scoring in the first inning with a run on one hit and one Rowan error. 

Rowan jumped ahead in the bottom of the first as Davis lifted a sacrifice fly to score McCoach, who led off being hit by a pitch. Schooley laid down a sacrifice bunt to bring home Suriani from third to give the Profs a 2-1 lead. The Lions tied the game in the fourth, stringing together three hits.