Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College women's lacrosse team hosted the Profs of Rowan University today at the Athletic Center. The Profs came away with a 20-3 victory over Ramapo. Rowan now stands at 1-0 overall and 1-0 in the NJAC while Ramapo falls to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

Ramapo got on the board first when rookie Christina Cigolini (Ridgewood, NJ) scored on a free position shot just under two minutes into the first half to give the Roadrunners the lead.

The lead was short lived however as sophomore Alli Dickey (Stevensville, MD) would score Rowan's first goal to tie the game and five goals in the first half. Sophomore Trish Harrington (Mahwah, NJ) gave Rowan the lead when she scored a goal on a pass from senior captain Carly Welsh (Allenwood, NJ). Rowan never looked back scoring fourteen more goals in the first half to give them a lead of 15-1 going into the second half.

Dickey picked up her sixth and seventh goals of the game to lead Rowan in the second half. The Roadrunners tacked on two more goals in the game when rookies Colleen Steel (Wyckoff, NJ) and Brittany Gazzanigo (Millstone Twp., NJ) each hit the back of the net.

Sophomore Diana Silva (Howell, NJ) took the loss for Ramapo, saving four in just over twelve minutes of play. Junior Megan Tierney (Wayne, NJ) posted 15 saves playing the final 47:26 of the game.

Senior Alicia Mannino (Richboro, PA) stopped two in the win playing over 37 minutes while rookie Kerry Pehnke (West Windsor, NJ) finished out the game.

The Roadrunners return to action on March 14, 2009 when they host Westfield State College at noon.