EWING, NJ - A six-run seventh inning by TCNJ decided the game as the Lions defeated #6 Rowan, 12-8, to earn a split in the NJAC series played in the past two days, while snapping the Profs' six-game winning streak. Rowan won Thursday's meeting, 21-16.
 
Rowan (23-4; 10-2) used a three-run homer from Brayden Davis in the third inning, his 10th of the season, to take a 4-3 lead. TCNJ went up, 5-4, in the third but Evan McCoach hit a solo shot in the fourth, to tie the game at 5-5. It was McCoach's second homer of the year.
 
The Profs scored twice in the fifth to go up, 7-5, using RBI singles by Ian Murphy and Brett Chiesa.
 
After TCNJ  (14-18; 4-8) added one in the fifth, the Lions exploded for six runs in the seventh, to take a 12-7 lead, on five hits and one Rowan error.
 
The Profs got one back in the eighth when Damon Suriani drove in Jason Schooley with a sacrifice fly, Rowan's three batters in the ninth were retired to give the Profs their first loss since April 4.
 
Davis had three RBI in the game, with McCoach going 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI. Ian Murphy was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored and Suriani notched an RBI.
 
Jake Andrey (1-2) took the loss in relief of Collins Denton and Dane Samartino, with Charlie Russell and Shane Sax also seeing time on the mound.
 
The Profs will host #12 Kean in an NJAC doubleheader on Saturday with first pitch at 11:30 a.m. Rowan's 2025 NCAA Super Regional Champion team will be honored prior to game one.