GLASSBORO, NJ - #7 Salisbury pulled ahead in the third quarter to score a 4-3 win over #10 Rowan in Top 10 field hockey action, to end the Profs' 14-game winning streak, while marking their first loss since September 9th.
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Rowan (14-4; 6-0 NJAC) will close out the regular season on Saturday at Kean. The Profs clinched their the sixth straight conference regular-season title and earned a bye into the NJAC Semifinals. They will begin their quest for a sixth consecutive conference title next Wednesday, November 4, by hosting a semifinal matchup.
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Layla Kent of Salisbury (12-3) made her second goal of the contest the gamewinner, as she controlled a loose. ball and chipped it in at 41:34 to push the Sea Gulls ahead, 4-3.
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Rowan had tied the game, 3-3, on a goal by senior
Aurelia McManis at 36:11. The play started on a corner and
Gracie Merrick took a shot that was saved by SU goalie Maddie Castaneda. McManis grabbed the rebound and took a shot, which was saved by a Sea Gull defender, but the Profs' senior came up with it again after a scramble in front of the cage and put it in for the tying goal at 36:11.
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Salisbury scored 12 minutes into the game on a goal by Kent and then went up, 2-0, at 25:09 of the second.
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The Profs fought back early in the third as
Gracie Merrick followed in a shot by
Mia Foti and then
Sydney Kowalczyk took a pass from
Olivia Griffin to tie the game, 2-2, at 31:33.
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Salisbury outshot Rowan, 12-9, with the Profs'
Ella Morton making six saves. Â
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