Box Score GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University field hockey team won 5-2 against Cabrini College in the home opener on Wednesday night.
 
Forward Sam Browne (jr. West Milford, NJ/West Milford) led the way with three goals.  Forward Jenna Pressler (so. Medford, NJ/Shawnee) contributed with one goal and one assist while forward Johanna James (jr. Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester City) added one goal.  Midfielder Marisa Marini (jr. Carneys Point, NJ/Padua Academy (DE)) and back Erika Mecchella (sr. Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester City) each chipped in with an assist. 
 
The Profs have a 2-0 record while the Cavaliers are 1-2 on the season.  For Cabrini, forward Jen Webb (jr. Ambler, PA/Gwynedd-Mercy Academy) and midfielder Kerry Anne Farrell (jr. Drexel Hill, PA/Archbishop Prendergast) produced one goal apiece.  Midfielder Kylie McDevitt (so. Narberth, PA/Lower Merion) had an assist.  
 
Rowan registered 17 shots and Cabrini took 12. Prof goalie Carly DeMarco (fr. Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester City) made six saves.  The Cavaliers had three players share the goaltending duties.  Taylor Bookman (fr. Philadelphia, PA/Little Flower) made five saves in 47:32.  Melanie Carpenter (fr. Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) was in the cage for 8:20.  Monica Rego (fr. Delran, NJ/Delran) had one stop in 14:08.
 
Rowan started the game with three straight goals.  James struck first at the 54-second mark when she batted in Mecchella's shot. Browne had the next goal (11:54) on a breakway and she hit the right side of the cage.  Pressler scored at 16:40 on a pass from Marini.  Farrell put the Cavaliers on the scoreboard with 4:35 left in the first half.
 
Rowan had two more goals by Browne in the second period.  The first one came at 42:30 with a feed from Pressler.  She knocked in a loose ball (46:31) in front of the cage for a 5-1 advantage.  Webb had the Cavaliers' final goal at 61:42 when she tipped in a shot by McDevitt.
 
Rowan travels to Stevenson University on Saturday, September 6 for a 7 p.m. contest.