GLASSBORO, NJ – Goals by Mia Foti and Sophia Weisler in the final two minutes gave #16 Rowan a 5-4 win over Stockton in the NJAC field hockey opener for both teams. It marks the fifth consecutive win for the Profs (9-3; 1-0 NJAC).
 
Foti had two goals on the evening with Weisler also notching two scores plus an assist. Gracie Merrick handed out two assists in the victory.
 
Stockton (6-7; 0-1) took a 4-3 lead with less than six minutes remaining and the Profs pulled goalkeeper Ella Morton for an extra attacker. Weisler scored her second of the game at 58:02 after taking a pass from Merrick with the play starting on a corner. Then just 56 seconds later, with time winding down, Sydney Kowalczyk found Foti in front for the gamewinner.
 
In the high-scoring game, Rowan had an answer every time Stockton would take the lead.
 
Sophia Weisler connected on the game's first goal, which originated on a corner. Aurelia McManis took a shot from just inside the circle, which Weisler tapped into the cage at 12:27.
 
Stockton tied it, 1-1, late in the first half, at 29:12, as Kirsten Bailey scored, with the assist from Carlee Thompson.
 
The third quarter featured four goals, just minutes apart, and two for each team. Bailey and Thompson teamed up again to give Stockton a brief 2-1 lead before Kowalczyk took a pass from Weisler and connected for her team-high 12^th goal of the year just two minutes later to tie the game, 2-2.
 
Stockton went ahead again, 3-2, as Thompson inserted the pass on the corner and then deflected the shot by Brooke Ruiz. Rowan tied it at 3-3 with less than two minutes remaining in the quarter as Foti scored from in front, with Merrick earning the assist.
 
Makayla Alessi scored an unassisted at 54:14 to give Stockton its last lead, 4-3, setting the stage for the Profs to win the game in the final few minutes.
 
Morton made five saves in goal for Rowan, as she faced 12 shots while the Profs had 17 in the game.
 
The Profs head on the road on Saturday to Ramapo for an NJAC contest starting at 7:30 p.m.