Galloway, NJ – Stockton University (1-0) opened the 2019 season with a 16-6 victory over Arcadia University (0-2) on Tuesday afternoon. Freshmen Jennifer Toal (Pine Beach/Toms River South) and Michelle Pascrell (Howell/Freehold Twp.) led the Ospreys with four goals each in their college debuts.

Stockton fell behind 1-0 early as Giovanna Raspanti put the Knights on the board first. The Ospreys responded with three markers, two by Pascrell and one by Danielle Graham (Cherry Hill/Cherry Hill West) to offset another goal by Raspanti, and forge a 3-2 lead with 12:57 left in the first half that they would not relinquish.

Four more tallies by Stockton, including two goals and an assist by Abbey Yannacone (Manahawkin/Southern Regional) gave the home team a commanding 7-2 lead at the break. Pascrell and Toal scored in the first 2:36 of the second frame for a 9-2 lead before Arcadia staged a brief rally.

The Knights scored three times to slice the margin to 9-5 with 15:46 remaining. Stockton then salted the game away, outscoring the Knights 7-1 the rest of the way for the 16-6 final. Toal tallied three of the goals and dished an assist during the spurt.

In addition to Pascrell and Toal, Yannacone added three goals while Nicole Jandras (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT) and Graham chipped in with two scores each. Freshman Casey Shultz (Sewell/Washington Twp.) had an assist for her first career point for Stockton and Melanie Patterson (Jackson/Jackson Liberty) grabbed seven draw controls.

Brooke Hallett (Absecon/Holy Spirit) made her first start in net and kicked out nine shots in earning her first career win. The Ospreys held a massive 53-25 advantage on shots in the contest with 39 being on net.

Raspanti and Julia Imbert led the Knights with two goals each, with goalkeeper Veandra Selby making 23 saves.

Stockton's next game will be a home tilt against Marymount University on Saturday. Game time is set for 2 pm.