Montclair, NJ (10/14/06) – Junior forward Danielle Miranda (Flanders, NJ/Mount Olive) scored twice in a 67-second span in the second half as 13 th-ranked Rowan University overcame a one-goal deficit to defeat No. 7 Montclair State, 2-1, in New Jersey Athletic Conference Field Hockey action at Sprague Field on Saturday afternoon.
Miranda notched her 10 th and 11 th goals of the year as the Profs improved to 9-4 overall with their third straight victory and 2-1 in the NJAC. Rowan also defeated Montclair State for the second straight season and improved to 44-12-1 against the Red Hawks all-time.
Junior forward
JENNIFER TANIS (Oak Ridge, NJ/Jefferson) scored the lone goal for the Red Hawks, who fell to 9-3, 2-2 in the conference. The loss was the second consecutive defeat for Montclair , which has lost all three games this season by a one-goal margin. MSU also had its 17-game home-winning streak snapped with the loss as it hell at Sprague Field for the first time since November 3, 2004 against C.W. Post (1-0 in overtime).
Tanis gave Montclair State the lead eight minutes into the game as she recorded her 15 th goal of the season. Tanis collected the ball 30 yards out and moved in on a breakaway against goalkeeper Amanda Cucinotti ( Voorhees , NJ / Cherry Hill East). Tanis would get around Cucinotti at the 10 and then back-handed the ball into the cage at the 27:01 mark. The goal gave Tanis 87 career points, just one shy of Sarah Levine's school record of 88 set from 2000-03.
Rowan, which outshot the Red Hawks, 8-4 in the first half had several chances however freshman goalkeeper
JACQUIE SUPKO ( Moorestown , NJ / Moorestown ) made five saves. Miranda nearly tie the game at 27:53 on a short breakaway, but her shot clanked off the right post as MSU took the one-goal advantage into halftime.
In the second half, the Profs kept up the pressure controlling a good portion of the action before finally breaking through. With 13:57 to play, Miranda moved in along the end line on the right side and made her way around a defender before slipping a shot inside the near post past Supko to tie the game. Just over a minute later off a penalty corner, Susan Massara ( Hammonton , NJ /Hammonton) let go of a shot from the left side that Miranda tipped in for the go-ahead score.
Cucionotti finished with two saves for Rowan, which held a 16-5 advantage in shots in the game and owned a 9-4 edge in penalty corners. Supko made nine stops for Montclair State .
Rowan returns to action Tuesday, October 17 as the Profs will host Eastern University (PA) at 7:00 pm. Montclair State will travel to Mahwah , NJ on Wednesday, October 18 to face Ramapo College in another NJAC matchup beginning at 4:00 pm.
