Glassboro, NJ – Fifth seeded Stockton University (8-9-3) fought gamely but dropped a tight 4-2 decision to number four seed Rowan University (12-6) who advanced in the NJAC Tournament on Saturday afternoon. Junior back Kyle Leach (Pitman/Pitman) scored his first career goal and Christian Bik (Vineland/St. Augustine Prep) also scored for the Ospreys.
 
The Profs came out strong during the first 45 minutes as they pressured Stockton from the start. The home team fired six shots and had five corner kicks in the first 15 minutes, never letting Stockton gain any advantage. The Ospreys only had three shots in the first half, with two being blocked.
 
That pressure paid off when Ryan Campbell scored his first goal of the game at 14:44. He took a ball over the top from Kevin Primich and tallied for the 1-0 lead. Campbell then added his second marker of the first half off a corner kick at 25:58. Aaron Robertson served the ball into the box where Campbell headed the ball in the net for the two-goal margin.
 
Campbell finished his natural hat trick in the 56th minute of the second half for the 3-0 advantage. Stockton keeper Michael Lescano (Union/St. Benedict's) was given a red card for a foul in front of his net and Campbell converted the penalty kick for the marker. Stockton had to play a man down for the final 35 minutes.
 
Stockton finally broke through at 59:32 when Leach scored to get the Ospreys within two at 3-1. Eucario Solano (Galloway/Absegami) served a corner kick that found Leach for the header and his first career goal.
 
Stockton kept the momentum as Bik fired in his eighth goal of the season to slice the margin to just one goal at 3-2. He gathered a loose ball at the top of the box and fired a shot to the low right corner to cut the margin to 3-2 at 63:40.
 
Rowan quieted the rally by the Ospreys as they tallied an insurance goal in the 80th minute off a free kick. Saif Elsiedy corralled a loose ball off the free serve and made it 4-2.
 
Lescano played the first 56 minutes in net making three saves, before being replaced by Travis Yates (Washington Twp./Washington Twp.) finished up kicking out three shots in the last 34 minutes of play.  Kyle Dennis earned the win for Rowan making one save.