GLASSBORO, NJ  - The Rowan field hockey team will host Lynchburg in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship on Wednesday, November 12, at Coach Richard Wackar Stadium. The #14 Profs earned the NCAA bid by winning their fifth straight NJAC Championship on Saturday evening with a 1-0 double-overtime win over TCNJ.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, senior citizens and children. Tickets can be purchased prior to the event and are digital only. No cash will be accepted. Ticket link will be available on Monday, November 10. 
 
The winner of Rowan-Lynchburg will head to top-ranked Christopher Newport for the NCAA Second Round on the weekend. Rowan played both teams this season, defeating Lynchburg, 4-3, on October 5 and falling at CNU, 3-0, on October 25. 
 
Rowan (16-5) is making its seventh consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship under head coach Michelle Andre. It is Rowan's 25th all-time appearance in the NCAA Championship, which includes six trips to the national semifinals and the NCAA title in 2002.
 
The Profs last hosted an NCAA First-Round contest in 2023 when they defeated Hartwick, 5-0.  In 2024, Rowan advanced to the NCAA Second Round, defeating Ursinus on the road in the First Round and then falling at third-ranked Tufts.

Rowan is led  by two-time NJAC Defensive Player of the Year Tess Herman and NJAC Offensive Player of the Year Sydney Kowalczyk, who scored 17 goals in her first season. Goalie Mariah Juiliano, who received All-NJAC Honorable Mention, posted four shutouts on the year.