Ewing, NJ… Visiting Montclair State University accomplished something that no other NCAA Division III team has done in 362 days and that's leave the field with a win over The College of New Jersey field hockey team. The Red Hawks posted a 5-1 win over the Lions on Saturday ending TCNJ's 24-game winning streak dating back to last season.
 
The win extended 10^th-ranked Montclair's winning streak to 10 games with the Red Hawks taking over sole possession of first place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference with a record of 4-0. Overall, Montclair is 12-12. The loss put the third-ranked Lions at 10-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
 
Montclair broke through for the game's initial goal in the final minute of the opening half with Frances Schaefer (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Holy Spirit) knocking in a pass from Jennifer Tafro (Little Falls, NJ/Passiac Valley) with 28 seconds left in the first half. The started when Montclair State inserted the ball on a penalty corner.
 
The Red Hawks used that momentum early in the second half scoring three times in the first 11:52 with Schaefer starting things by pushing in a centering pass from Maura Johnston (Montville, NJ/Montville). That goal came 2:56 into the half and just over five minutes later Kate Norgard (Columbia, NJ/North Warren) scored on a deflection in front and then made it 4-0 banging in a rebound.
 
The Lions broke through for a goal when sophomore Erin Waller (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) laced a shot from just inside the arc after taking a pass from Camille Passucci (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) on a penalty corner.
 
Schaefer completed the hat trick on a 2-on-0 with 3:06 left in the game to round out the scoring.
 
Freshman Roisin Dougherty (Ocean City, NJ/Ocean City) suffered the first defeat of her young career between the pipes for TCNJ with four saves.
 
Senior Christy Wham (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) had two defensive saves for the Lions.
 
In goal for Montclair State, senior Megan Borsland (Boonton, NJ/Boonton) finished with a pair of saves for her 12^th win of the season.
 
TCNJ is back on the field on Tuesday, October 9 with a 4 p.m. contest at Eastern University, while Montclair is in action on Wednesday hosting Fairleigh Dickinson-College at Florham.