NJAC Tournament Bracket

GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University women's lacrosse team won 13-9 against Montclair State University in the semifinals of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament on Wednesday night.  
 
The Profs (11-6) are seeded second while the Red Hawks (10-8) are the third seed.  In the other semifinal game, the top seed The College of New Jersey defeated the fourth seed Kean University, 18-4.  TCNJ hosts Rowan in the conference championship on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. The NJAC champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.
 
Attack Maddie Bray (sr. Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee) scored five goals while midfielder Liz Kramer (sr. Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Reg.) totaled three goals and three assists.  Midfielder Taylor Gretz (sr. Woolwich Twp., NJ/Kingsway Reg.) contributed with three goals. Attacks Ashley Lechliter (so. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill W.) and Elise Cohan (fr. Far Hills, NJ/Bernards) added one goal apiece. 
 
Midfielder Shannen Sterner (fr. Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick) chipped in with two assists and attack Mikala Gillespie (sr. Ocean City, NJ/Ocean City) had one.  Goalie Reilly Shaup (fr. Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Reg.) made six saves.  Gretz collected six ground balls and five draw controls.  
 
Attack Chelsea Orban (sr. Long Valley, NJ/West Morris) compiled four goals for Montclair State.  
Midfielders Brittany Costigan (so. Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) and Sydnee Sapp (jr. Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) tallied two goals apiece. Costigan tallied seven draw controls. 
 
Attack Megan Mahlstadt (jr. New Providence, NJ/New Providence) had one goal and one assist.  Attacks Casey Provost (sr. Allentown, NJ/Allentown) and Kyle Graver (jr. Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) and defender Leanne McCloskey (sr. Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) each assisted on one goal.  Goalies Amanda Maguire (jr. Verona, NJ/Verona) and Allyn Lillien (so. Washington Twp., NJ/Westwood) stopped six and seven shots respectively. 
 
Rowan jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals by Kramer (26:25) and Bray (22:22).  Montclair State followed with three straight for a 3-2 advantage with 12:32 remaining. Sapp, Oban and Mahlstadt each scored one time.  Cohan tied the score with a free position shot at 7:46.  Sapp registered her second goal at 3:19.  The Profs answered with goals by Lechliter (2:38), Kramer (2:06), Bray (1:35) and Gretz (0:47), which made the score 7-4.  Orban had a free position goal (0:24) to end the half. 
 
Gretz hit the net at 27:37 in the second period.  Orban cut the deficit to two (8-6) with a free position shot (21:48).  The Profs were ahead 10-6 after goals by Gretz (15:27) and Bray (13:09).  Costigan kept the Red Hawks in the game with a goal (10:07) that was assisted by Graver.  Bray produced a goal with 6:32 remaining.  Orban followed with a score (4:58) to trail 11-8.  Kramer and Bray each added one more tally to lead 13-8. Costigan ended the scoring with 12 seconds on the clock.