GLASSBORO, N.J. – Mia Foti scored on a penalty corner as the third quarter ended, and Rowan held off a late push from TCNJ for a 2-1 win in the NJAC Field Hockey Championship on Saturday at Coach Wackar Stadium.
 
The title is Rowan’s sixth in a row and comes with the NJAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The NCAA field will be announced Sunday night, Nov. 8.
 
Rowan scored first with 59 seconds left in the first quarter. Chloe Yoder came on to take a penalty stroke and converted it for a 1-0 lead.
 
TCNJ had three straight penalty corners in the second quarter, but Rowan goalkeeper Ella Morton stopped two Jadyn Huff shots to keep the Lions off the board. TCNJ tied it with 4:45 left in the third. On the third of three straight corners, Emma McElroy scored off a Huff assist to make it 1-1.
 
Rowan went back in front in the final second of the third quarter. The Profs earned a penalty corner at 44:59, and Foti finished it at the horn for the go-ahead goal.
 
TCNJ kept up the pressure in the fourth quarter with five penalty corners to Rowan’s one. Huff sent a corner attempt high with just over six minutes left. Morton then made her final save with 1:21 to go, stopping Kendal Justus off a corner.
 
Morton finished with four saves. Brigitte Racey made two saves for TCNJ, including stops on Aurelia McManis and Paige Gray off Rowan corners.
 
TCNJ outshot Rowan 8-7 and had five shots on goal to Rowan’s four. TCNJ led 11-4 in penalty corners.
 
Huff led TCNJ with three shots, two on goal, and an assist. McElroy scored the Lions’ goal and put both of her shots on goal. Foti and Yoder each had one shot for Rowan, and both scored.