ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - Julia Patrone scored a hat trick, and Bridget Guinan and Vanessa DiDonato had two goals each, to lead #3 Rowan to an 8-1 win over Elizabethtown in non-conference field hockey action today. The Profs, who won the NJAC regular-season title, are now 16-1 as they head into the final game of the regular season on Saturday.
 
For Patrone, it was her fourth three-goal effort of the season and the seventh of her career.
 
Patrone scored two goals in the first six minutes of the game as the Profs would run up an 8-0 lead. DiDonato notched her first goal of the game at 15:56 with the assist from Kristiina Castagnola.
 
Bridget Guinan tallied her first goal of the win at 24:35 and Liz Fox got into the act, scoring at 29:47 off a pass from Castagnola.
 
DiDonato tallied another just two minutes later, and Patrone finished out the hat trick two minutes after that to run the score up to 7-0. Guinan put Rowan's last goal of the game into the cage at 37:59.
 
Elizabethtown ended Rowan's shutout bid with a goal with four minutes to play.
 
Abby Hainsworth posted 45 shutout minutes in goal for Rowan without a save, with Aida Ingram playing the fourth quarter. The Profs held a decisive 22-3 edge in shots, and a 7-0 advantage in penalty corners.
 
Rowan will host Ramapo on Saturday, October 29, for "Senior Day" as the Profs will honor Kristiina Castagnola, Melissa Donaldson, Liz Fox, Bridget Guinan, Abby Hainsworth, Alyssa Magliaro, Morgan Mulvey and Rachel Stone prior to the 1 p.m. game.