Box Score

Madison, NJ… The College of New Jersey field hockey team netted a pair of goals in each half as the Lions erased an early deficit to pull out a 4-1 victory at FDU-Florham on Saturday.

The win put the third-ranked Lions at 5-1 on the season, while the Devils evened their record at 4-4.

After a goal by FDU-Florham's Krystle Birmingham (Pine Hill, NJ/Overbrook) with 15:47 remaining in the opening half, TCNJ struck twice before the teams went into the intermission. Lion sophomore Jessica Falcone (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic) accounted for both of those goals with junior Katie Reuther (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) picking up an assist on the latter of the two.

In the second half, freshman Kellyn Riley (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) made it a 3-1 with 9:58 left in the game with Falcone setting up the goal. The final goal came from Reuther as she converted a penalty stroke.

Reuther's goal extended her goal-scoring streak to a modest three games and in that span has posted five goals and three assists.

In goal for the Lions, junior Caitlin Gregory (Winslow, NJ/Eastern) collected a pair of saves.

For the Devils, Jamie SanFilippo (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) had 10 saves.

The Lions begin New Jersey Athletic Conference play on Tuesday, September 25 heading to 13th-ranked Montclair State University.