Category: ROWAN UNIVERSITY

Rowan Softball to Square Off with St. Thomas in NCAA Regional Opener

#17 Softball will take on St. Thomas (Texas) to begin the 2026 NCAA Division III Softball Tournament as selections and regional pairings were announced on Monday.

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The Profs, who are making its 32nd appearance all time in the national tournament and fourth in as many seasons, will battle the Celts, out of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), at the regional host East Texas Baptist on Thursday. First pitch is slated for 2:30 PM ET/1:30 PM CT (local time). Rowan returns to Marshall, Texas, home of ETBU for the first time since back-to-back appearances in the Division III Championship Tournament in 2023 and 2024. The Profs added a third-straight championship tournament appearance last season and this year look to make it a fourth.

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Rowan Baseball Will Open Play in the NCAA Regional at Southern Maine

The fifth-ranked Rowan baseball team will begin play in the 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in the Gorham, Maine Regional on May 15-17. The Profs will face RIT in the first game, with host Southern Maine and Babson rounding out the field in the double-elimination regional. 

Rowan and RIT (24-13) will face off in Game 1 of the regional (time tba) with Southern Maine (30-10) hosting Babson (26-13) in Game 2, with the tournament consisting of three games on Saturday and possibly two on Sunday. 

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Rowan Women’s Lacrosse Moves on to the NCAA Sweet 16

Elaina Corson and Madison Rothwein combined for five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter as #18 Rowan rallied to an exciting 13-11 win over #12 Scranton in the Second Round of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship. The Profs now advance to the Third Round next weekend at top-ranked and defending champion Middlebury.

Rothwein netted three straight goals, to tie the game and then give Rowan (15-4) a 12-11 lead. That goal on a free-position shot with 3:50 to play proved to be the gamewinner and Corson added the insurance goal at 1:26, her 79th goal of the season, to secure the victory.

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Rowan Men’s Track & Field Captures Four Major Awards

#2 Rowan swept four of the five marquee awards as a total of 30 student-athletes were selected all-conference by the New Jersey Athletic Conference in its year-end men’s outdoor track & field honors.

Damitrius Hester was named the Thomas M. Gerrity Most Outstanding Athlete while Angel Gonzalez was chosen as the NJAC Outstanding Track Athlete and David Brown earned the NJAC Rookie of the Year. Head Coach Dustin Dimit and his staff were awarded the Bill Fritz Coaching Staff of the Year as well.

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Yasmin Harris to be Named to Allstate NACDA Good Works Team

Yasmin Harris of Rowan women’s lacrosse team has been named to the 2025-26 Allstate NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) Good Works Team (Spring), as part of a group of 20 student-athletes who lead in their sport, academics and in communities across the country. 

The Allstate NACDA Good Works Team was created to spotlight student-athletes for their meaningful community service. Honorees include men and women from NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and junior/community colleges, with student-athletes recognized each season across spring, fall and winter sports.

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Rowan Women’s Lacrosse to Host NCAA Championship First and Second Round

The Rowan women’s lacrosse team has received an at-large bid to the 2026 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship and will host the First and Second Round on May 9 and 10 at the Rowan Soccer and Lacrosse Complex. 

Scranton will face St. Mary’s (MD) in the First Round on Saturday at 3 p.m. with the winner advancing to meet Rowan in the Second Round on Sunday at 3 p.m. 

In the top half of Rowan’s bracket, top-ranked Middlebury is hosting WestConn and St. John Fisher with the Second Round winners playing in the Regionals on May 16. 

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Rowan Women’s Track & Field Takes Home Conference Championship

The Rowan Women’s Track & Field Team won its first NJAC Championship since the 2019 season, unseating TCNJ in its quest for a sixth-straight title as the Profs totaled 211.5 points over the two-day meet held at Ramapo.

The title is the eighth in program history and first under head coach Shedrick Elliott III.

The Profs took home three first-place finishes on Sunday and a bevy of top 5 results to stave off the Lions (207 points) for the NJAC crown. Stockton took third (133) while Montclair State was fourth (113).

Sunday’s recap:

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Rowan Men’s Track & Field Win 11th Conference Title in a Row

MAHWAH, NJ — #1 Rowan ran away with its 24th New Jersey Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship and 11th title in a row on Sunday to cap the two-day meet hosted by Ramapo.

The Profs put together 319.33 points behind three-first place finishes on Saturday and eight more on Sunday. TCNJ was second with 213 points with host Ramapo in third (86.33).

Sunday’s action:

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NJAC CHAMPS! Rowan Baseball Captures Conference Title

Pitchers Zach Coluccio and Austin Kreyenhagen each turned in strong outings and got plenty of support from Rowan’s bats as the #5 Profs swept William Paterson, 18-6 and 12-3, to capture the 2026 NJAC Baseball Championship. it marks Rowan’s first conference title since 2021 and the 18th in the program’s history.

Rowan (32-5) has earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship and will make its 32nd all-time appearance in the regionals and the ninth consecutive. The NCAA Championship bracket will be announced on May 11.

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Rowan Softball Forces Game 3 After Splitting with TCNJ in NJAC Finals

Rowan forced a winner-take-all game three of the 2026 New Jersey Athletic Conference Softball Championship series on Saturday against TCNJ, taking game two in a 2-1 win in 10 innings. The Profs fell in the day’s opener, 3-2, in eight innings.

The two teams, who have no shortage of extra-inning dramatics in the postseason, will meet tomorrow in Glassboro at 1 p.m. in the third and deciding game of the tournament final with the league’s automatic bid to the Division III Tournament at stake. In a playoff matchup in 2024, Rowan outlasted the Lions in remarkable 20 innings, 2-1.

Game one – TCNJ 3, Rowan 2 (8 innings)
The Lions scored a run in the seventh and the eventual go-ahead run in the eighth to take the day’s first contest.

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