Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey field hockey team knocked Kean University from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Lions scored the game's only goal in the opening half for a 1-0 victory on Tuesday.
 
TCNJ, which earlier in the day moved up a spot to 11^th in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III poll, improved to 2-0 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and 6-1 overall. The Lions have now won six straight games.
 
The loss was the first of the season for the Cougars, who opened the season with eight consecutive victories. Kean is 1-1 in conference play.
 
The Lions netted the only goal of the contest in the opening half when junior Erin Healy (Spring Lake Heights, NJ/Manasquan) netted her fifth of the season. Healy fired a shot that was stopped by Kean goalie Katie DiCarlo (Shamong, NJ/Seneca), but the Lion forward quickly gathered the rebound and slipped into the net for a 1-0 lead.
 
In the second half, TCNJ had a great chance to double its advantage on a penalty corner when Erin Waller (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) laced s shot from just inside the top of the circle. The shot got past DiCarlo, but Marissa Robinson (Bear, DE/William Penn) made a nice defensive save to keep it a one-goal game. That play came with just under 10 minutes left in regulation.
 
Junior goalie Amanda Krause (Richboro, PA/Council Rock North) did not face a shot for the Lions in recording her third straight shutout.
 
The Lions dominated the stat sheet holding a 22-1 edge in shots and 19-1 in penalty corners.  
 
DiCarlo had a nice game for Kean with 12 saves.
 
TCNJ faces another tough test on Saturday, September 28 hosting third-ranked Salisbury University at 5 p.m., while the Cougars play on Friday at Mercy College in a 4 p.m. start