Box Score

GLASSBORO, NJ – The Richard Stockton College women’s soccer team defeated Rowan University, 4-3 in the semifinals of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament on Tuesday night.

The Ospreys (13-5-4), seeded fourth, will travel to the second seed The College of New Jersey for the conference championship on Friday, November 4 at 7 p.m.  In the semifinals, TCNJ won 1-0 over the third seed Montclair State University.  The conference champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.  Rowan finishes the regular season with a 13-4 record.  The Profs must wait until Monday, November 7 to see if they receive an at-large bid to the national tournament.

Midfielder Jess McQuillen (jr. Tabernacle, NJ/Seneca) led Richard Stockton with three goals and one assist.  Midfielder Rachel Carlson (jr. Mullica Twp., NJ/Oakcrest) chipped in with one goal.  For Rowan, midfielders Nina Fragoso (jr. Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Reg.) and Evynn Wright (sr. Marlton, NJ/Eastern Reg.) and forward Erika Suhl (fr. Brick, NJ/Brick Mem.) all scored one goal.  Forward Veronica Rhea (sr. Pennsauken, NJ/Paul VI), midfielder Christie Fink (sr. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) and Suhl each registered one assist.

The Profs totaled 13 shots while the Ospreys collected nine.  Goalkeeper Sarah Hinkle (so. Mullica Hill, NJ/Paul VI) stopped six shots for Richard Stockton.  Goalkeeper Lyndsie Bernardini (jr. Elmer, NJ/A.P. Schalick) made one save for Rowan.

After the first half, Richard Stockton trailed 2-1.  The Ospreys started the second period with three straight goals for a 4-2 advantage.  McQuillen blasted a shot at 54:35 that hit the left post and went into the goal.  She later crossed the ball to Carlson who had a breakaway.  Carlson hit the right side (64:59).  McQuillen knocked in a loose ball, 2:46 later for her third goal.  Wright scored the Profs’ final goal at 66:49.  She had a shot that Hinkle stopped with her foot and the ball went up in the air and came back down into the Ospreys’ net.

Fragoso put Rowan on the scoreboard first at 8:27.  She hit the upper left corner of the goal on a pass from Suhl.  Suhl’s goal came at 14:07.  Her shot went into the right side after feeds up the middle of the field from Rhea and Fink.  With 23 seconds left in the half, McQuillen had a direct kick that sailed into the top right corner of the Profs’ net.