WC/Rowan Field Hockey: The Story
The Rowan University field hockey team was ranked fifth in final 2005 STX/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll. Rowan went 17-4 in 2005, won the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Championship Tournament. Rowan has made 13 appearances in the NCAA Championship Tournament and won the championship in 2002.
It mighty be easy to assume, then, that the Washington College Shorewomen are big underdogs heading into tonight's road game against the Profs. Not so fast.
The Shorewomen's senior class owns a pair of wins over Rowan. The first of those wins was a stunning victory over the then No. 1 ranked and defending National Champion Profs on September 23rd, 2003. The Shorewomen took an early 1-0 lead in the game on a goal by current WC assistant coach Laura Scimeca. The Profs tied the game in the second half, but neither team could score again in the rest of regulation or in two overtime periods, so the game was decided by strokes. The strokeoff was tied 1-1 before Washington's Erin Thomas converted the final stroke to give the Shorewomen the 2-1 win as the sun was setting in Chestertown. Goalie Zina Hense was another Washington star that day, making 20 saves.
The following year, Washington headed to Glassboro for a game on September 21st against the then eighth-ranked Profs. Neither team scored in the first half, but Scimeca found current senior Ally Simons for a goal less than a minute into the second period. Scimeca would later add a goal of her own to give Washington a 2-0 lead. Rowan got on the board with less than two minutes left in the game, bu the Shorewomen held on for the win. Current junior Erin O'Brien made 12 stops in goal for Washington in the game.
Rowan did exact some revenge on the Shorewomen last year as the Profs scored three goals in the first 137 seconds of the game and held a 4-2 lead less than 16 minutes into the game during a 6-2 win in Chestertown on September 20th. Danielle Miranda scored twice for the Profs, while current senior Shane Moser and current sophomore Amy Spadanuta accounted for Washington's goals.
I'll be hitting the road for New Jersey later this afternoon and will be posting updates from the game.
It mighty be easy to assume, then, that the Washington College Shorewomen are big underdogs heading into tonight's road game against the Profs. Not so fast.
The Shorewomen's senior class owns a pair of wins over Rowan. The first of those wins was a stunning victory over the then No. 1 ranked and defending National Champion Profs on September 23rd, 2003. The Shorewomen took an early 1-0 lead in the game on a goal by current WC assistant coach Laura Scimeca. The Profs tied the game in the second half, but neither team could score again in the rest of regulation or in two overtime periods, so the game was decided by strokes. The strokeoff was tied 1-1 before Washington's Erin Thomas converted the final stroke to give the Shorewomen the 2-1 win as the sun was setting in Chestertown. Goalie Zina Hense was another Washington star that day, making 20 saves.
The following year, Washington headed to Glassboro for a game on September 21st against the then eighth-ranked Profs. Neither team scored in the first half, but Scimeca found current senior Ally Simons for a goal less than a minute into the second period. Scimeca would later add a goal of her own to give Washington a 2-0 lead. Rowan got on the board with less than two minutes left in the game, bu the Shorewomen held on for the win. Current junior Erin O'Brien made 12 stops in goal for Washington in the game.
Rowan did exact some revenge on the Shorewomen last year as the Profs scored three goals in the first 137 seconds of the game and held a 4-2 lead less than 16 minutes into the game during a 6-2 win in Chestertown on September 20th. Danielle Miranda scored twice for the Profs, while current senior Shane Moser and current sophomore Amy Spadanuta accounted for Washington's goals.
I'll be hitting the road for New Jersey later this afternoon and will be posting updates from the game.
posted by Phil T. at 1:19 PM
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