Rowan women's basketball news

GALLOWAY, NJ -- Senior guard Kate Herlihy netted a career-high 36 points and broke the program single game record with nine three pointers to help lift Rowan to a 65-61 NJAC win at Stockton Wednesday night in the regular season finale.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Kate Herlihy netted her 1,000th career point to highlight Rowan's 64-47 New Jersey Athletic Conference victory over Kean Wednesday night.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Kate Herlihy eclipsed her career high for the second time this season, netting 33 points as Rowan held off Stockton, 60-55, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference matchup Wednesday evening at Esbjornson Gymnasium.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- A career-high 28 points from Kate Herlihy helped pace Rowan over DeSales, 68-52, Saturday afternoon in Esbjornson Gymnasium. The senior guard was 11-of-24 from the floor including a personal-best six three-pointers.

GLASSBORO, NJ - Kate Pearson has been named the head women's basketball coach at Rowan University, it was announced by director of athletics John Giannini. Pearson becomes the 10th head coach in Profs' history after 14 successful seasons at Cabrini University in which she led the Cavaliers to five conference titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances.

Demetrius Poles, who helped Rowan win the 1996 Division III national championship and then coached the Profs' women to two conference crowns, passed away on Saturday night. The two-time NJAC Coach of the Year was 50 years old.

JERSEY CITY, NJ – Nicole Mallard had 17 points and Dakota Adams scored 15 as third-seeded Rowan won the 2023 NJAC Women’s Basketball Championship, defeating top-seeded New Jersey City, 79-70, Saturday evening. It is Rowan’s second title under coach Demetrius Poles, with the last one coming in the 2019-20 season, while it is the eighth all-time for the Profs.

UNION, NJ – Grace Marshall scored 12 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter and Dakota Adams kicked in a game-high 19 points to lead Rowan to a 68-58 win over Kean in the seminifals of the 2023 New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament.

The top seeds advanced through the NESCAC and NJAC women’s playoffs with No. 19 Trinity (Conn.) edging Amherst and Rowan rallying past Ramapo. Elsewhere, No. 24 Loras knocked off No. 20 Wartburg and Muskingum closed its season by upsetting No. 11 Ohio Northern.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- A late three-pointer from Grace Marshall put Rowan on top for good as the Profs held off Ramapo, 69-65, Saturday afternoon at Esbjornson Gymnasium in a NJAC Tournament First-Round game.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan capped off the regular season with a 67-55 NJAC victory over Montclair State on Senior Night Wednesday evening at Esbjornson Gymnasium. With the win, the Profs secure the #3 playoff seed in the NJAC Tournament and will host a first-round game this Saturday against sixth-seeded Ramapo at 1 p.m.

UNION, NJ -- Grace Marshall scored her 1,000th career point as Rowan held off Kean, 78-76, on Saturday to move into a tie for first place in the NJAC and pick up the team's seventh win in a row.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Nicole Mallard netted 11 points, including the 1,000th of her career to highlight Rowan's 83-43 New Jersey Athletic Conference victory over Rutgers-Camden Wednesday night at Esbjornson Gymnasium.

The last full day of Division III basketball before the Thanksgiving break brought upset wins by Nazareth, Rowan and Hobart on the men’s side and a victory for the Trinity women that could shape the future postseason picture.

GLASSBORO, NJ - Nicole Mallard scored a career-high 27 points to lead second-seeded Rowan to an 87-54 win over seventh-seeded Stockton in the Quarterfinals of the NJAC Women's Basketball Tournament at Esby Gym. The Profs (17-8) move on to host a semifinal matchup on Thursday.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan closed the regular season with a big 75-69 win over Montclair State Wednesday evening on Senior Night.

GLASSBORO, NJ – Dakota Adams scored a career-high 23 points as Rowan held off William Paterson, 84-79, in NJAC women's basketball action at Esby Gym. The win snaps a two-game losing skid for the Profs and improves them to 12-7 (9-3 NJAC).

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan took down The College of New Jersey, 89-58, Wednesday night in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game at Esbjornson Gymnasium

GLASSBORO, NJ – Rowan scored a New Jersey Athletic Conference win with its 94-61 victory over Rutgers-Newark Saturday afternoon at Esbjornson Gymnasium.

GLASSBORO, NJ -- Rowan had its four-game win streak snapped as Muhlenberg defeated the Profs, 60-52, Saturday afternoon in a non-conference tilt at Esbjornson Gymnasium.

Payce Lange becomes the second player from Kean to be named the Atlantic Region Player of the Year while Demetrius Poles of Rowan is Coach of the Year and the Rookie of the Year is split between Reilly Boehm of CCNY and Nickie Carter of Montclair State.

If you are a Top 25 team, or a conference leader, every team now thinks you can be beaten. On Sunday's Hoopsville, we continue to chat about the new "normal" - how top teams are no longer invincible.

Gabby Lisella retired from her position as head women’s basketball coach at Rowan University where she set the program record for career victories with 245.

Wittenberg dealt No. 16 DePauw its first conference loss of the year and just its second in two-plus seasons while Wednesday's results jumbled the WIAC and Freedom conference races. Plus Wartburg shut down Loras, Rowan edged TCNJ and Transylvania topped Hanover.

MONTCLAIR, NJ – The Rowan University women’s basketball team had its season come to an end with a 65-55 loss at Montclair State University in the semifinals of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament on Tuesday.

GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University women’s basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat William Paterson University, 67-48 in the first round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament on Saturday.

MAHWAH, NJ – The Rowan University women’s basketball team picked up its fourth straight victory, 71-47 at conference foe Ramapo College in the regular season finale on Wednesday night.