Glassboro, NJ -  The Rowan University field hockey team scored a pair of goals 89 seconds apart inside the final five minutes of the game as the Profs downed ninth-ranked Montclair State, 5-3 on Saturday.
 
Forward Rachel Galante led the Profs with three goals and two assists.  Midfielders Jacqui Rosati and Johanna James each scored one time.  Backs Marisa Marini and Abbie Tucker chipped in one assist apiece. 
 
For the Red Hawks, forward KAITLYN STRUSS contributed with two goals and back CHARISSE MYERS had one.  Forward MAURA JOHNSTON registered an assist.
 
Rowan has an 11-5 record with a 4-1 mark in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.  Montclair State is 13-4 overall and 3-2 in the conference.  Profs' goalie Carly DeMaro made three saves while Red Hawks' goalie REBECCA BRATTOLE turned away five shots.
 
Galante put Rowan on the scoreboard at the 47 second mark.  Myers tied the score less than three minutes later on a penalty corner by Johnston.  James connected with Galante (14:12) for a 2-1 advantage.  Galante hit the cage with a shot on a penalty corner (15:31) from Marini.  With 38 seconds left, Struss recorded an unassisted tally.
 
In the second stanza, Struss knotted the score at three (40:22) with a backhanded shot.  Rosati gave the Profs the lead at 65:24.  She tipped in a cross on the goal line from Tucker who redirected Galante's shot.  Galante added an insurance tally (66:53) with a shot on a breakaway.

Montclair State returns to action on Thursday, October 29 as it travels to Madison, NJ to face FDU-Florham at 7:00 pm.