GLASSBORO, NJ - Third-ranked Salisbury scored the game-winning goal with 35 seconds remaining to edge top-ranked Rowan, 3-2, in a high-level field hockey contest in a battle of two unbeaten teams. The Profs (14-1) suffered their first loss of the year, ending their winning streak at 14.
 
McKenna Horner had the hat trick to lead Salisbury (14-0), and scored the winner from close range on the end line. Rowan had two straight penalty corners in the final three seconds but couldn't convert.
 
Horner opened the scoring just eight minutes into the game. Rowan's Julia Patrone answered right back with her team-high 17th goal of the year as she took a pass from Kristiina Castagnola on a corner and scored at 9:25.
 
Castagnola gave Rowan a 2-1 lead as she took the ball on a restart and dribbled into the circle and blasted one through the Salisbury defense with 8:02 left in the third quarter.
 
Horner tied the game, 2-2, on a backhanded shot from just inside the circle at 47:10. The teams battled the rest of the way and appeared to be headed into overtime, but Horner found a way to give Salisbury the win in the final minute.
 
Rowan held the advantages in shots (12-8) and corners (7-3), but Salisbury goalkeeper Mackenzie Peacock made seven saves with the Profs' Abby Hainsworth making two.
 
The Profs head on the road for the next two games, facing Montclair State on Saturday in an NJAC game and then to Elizabethtown on October 26.