Montclair, NJ (4/24/04) - Junior attack Liz McGough (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) scored four times, including twice during a five-goal spurt in the second half to lead Rowan University to a 16-8 victory over Montclair State in NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse action at Sprague Field on Saturday afternoon.

Maggie Goodman (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape Reg.) and Katie Kline (Collingswood, NJ/Collingswood) each added a hat trick for the Profs (7-4), who broke open a 9-6 contest with five scores in a seven-minute span to put the game away. Nicole La Rocca (Shamong, NJ/Shawnee) and SHAUNA BROCKLEBANK (Long Branch, NJ/Long Branch) each had two goals for Montclair State (10-2), which suffered its second loss of the season and first at home in 2004.

Rowan took an 8-5 lead into halftime and led 9-6 with 23:50 to play after LaRocca pulled the Red Hawks within three as she notched her second of the contest off an assist from BRIANNA GILLIN (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson). But Rowan responded as McGough scored 63 seconds later and added a second off a perfect pass from Morgan Lang (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) to put the Profs up 11-6. Goodman made it a six-goal lead just 18 seconds later and Kline's second of the game made the score 13-6 with 17:47 left. Rebecca Peterson (Hancocks Bridge, NJ/Salem) capped off the run for Rowan as she tallied her second of the game with 15:37 to go.

Lang finished with two goals and three assists for Rowan, while Peterson had two assists. Keely O'Brien (Chatham, NJ/Chatham) and Shana Smeriglio (Ocean, NJ/Ocean Township) accounted for the other two Profs goals, with Smeriglio recording her first of the season with 1:02 to play.

CATHY HOMIEK (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South) had a goal and two assists for Montclair State while Gillin and ANN DAILY (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) each had a goal and one assist.

MSU goalkeeper KRISTEN KUHMANN (Beachwood, NJ/Toms River South) made a season-high 17 saves for the Red Hawks, who were outshot, 37-16 in the game. Rowan's Katherine Rowland (Freehold, NJ/St. John Vianney) had two stops in 39 minutes of action before giving way to Desiree Capriotti (Howell, NJ/Freehold Twp.), who made one save.

Rowan jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first 12 minutes as McGough scored twice. Montclair State would get the deficit back to 6-5 as it scored four of the game's next five goals, including three straight. Brocklebank and Homiek scored just under a minute apart to make the score 6-4 and LaRocca tallied with 8:28 left. Lange the restored the lead to three as she netted a pair of scores, the final one coming with 1:51 left in the half as Rowan took the 8-5 lead into intermission.

The Red Hawks close out their 2004 regular-season on Monday, April 26 as they meet FDU-Florham in Madsion at 4:00 pm. The Red Hawks will then host third-seeded Kean University in the first round of the Knickerbocker Tournament on Wednesday, April 28th at 4:00 pm. MSU, the number two seed, defeated Kean, 14-4, at Sprague Field on April 17.