NCAA Regional Championship InfoWhen: November 14 & 15
Where: TCNJ - Lions Stadium
Admission: $5 (Adults) and $3 (students/children)
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Weekend Schedule
Saturday, November 14
Game 1 - The College of New Jersey 3 Rhodes College 0
Game 2 - 2 p.m.Messiah College 3 SUNY New Paltz 0
Sunday, November 15
Game 3 - 1 p.m.Messiah vs. The College of New Jersey
About the NCAA Regional ChampionshipsEwing, NJ...The College of New Jersey field hockey team opened its national title defense in the regional round of the 2015 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament with a 3-0 victory over Rhodes College (16-6). They will now play Messiah College in the regional championship at match 1 p.m. in Lions Stadium. The Falcons defeated SUNY New Paltz 3-0 in the afternoon game.
Messiah advances with 3-0 winMessiah College advanced to the regional championship game with a 3-0 victory over SUNY Paltz in the 2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship Tournament hosted at The College of New Jersey.
The Falcons (16-5) will take on TCNJ (19-1) in the regional final tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m. in Lions Stadium. The Lions defeated Rhodes College earlier in the day. The winner of regional championship advances to the national semifinal in Lexington, Virginia.
Junior
Lindsay Bower (Carlisle, PA/Big Spring) got the Falcons on the board in the 29
th minute. She gathered a rebound and quickly fired a shot into the lower right corner to put Messiah up 1-0.
With just over 11 minutes remaining in the game, freshman Kez
ia Loht (McClure, PA/Mifflin County) redirected a shot from sophomore
Carissa Gehman (Holtwood, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) to give the Falcons a two-goal cushion.
Gehman capped the scoring with 3:33 remaining in the game. She put away a penalty stroke to ice the victory for the Falcons.
Hawks goaltender
Alayna Wageman (Getzville, NY/Williamsville North) had a strong performance with seven saves on the day.
Messiah and TCNJ matched up earlier this season. The Lions defated the Falcons 1-0 in overtime.
Team RostersThe College of New JerseyMessiah CollegeSUNY New PaltzRhodes College