ROCHESTER, NY – Rutgers-Newark rebounded from a sluggish start to dominate play in a 4-2 win over Medaille College which put the Scarlet Raiders into tomorrow's championship match of the Flower City Tournament. 

BOX SCORE & PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Raiders will take on Oneonta State, a 1-0 winner over host Rochester in the second match of day, at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday in the title contest. 

Freshman forward Michelle Gromashchuk became the second Raider to rookie to notch a hat trick in as many matches this season. She reeled off three straight tallies in the second half to break a tie and stake Rutgers-Newark to a 4-1 lead. Defender Vanessa Rivera netted three consecutive goals in the season-opening win over Mount St. Vincent. 

Junior goalkeeper Kat Renteria stopped a pair of close-in shots by Medaille sophomore midfielder Lindsey Grana in the opening 12 minutes before senior forward Karen Johnson gave the Raiders the early lead on a breakaway run by chipping the ball over freshman goalkeeper Denay O'Connor in the 13th minute. 

Grana leveled the score just 34 seconds later collected a loose ball inside the box on the right side and punch in a goal. 

The Raiders outshot the Mavericks, 10-5, in the opening half before taking control in the second half to finish with a 26-8 edge in shots. 

Gromashchuk started her outburst just 2:15 into the second period, putting back a rebounded shot off of O'Connor by junior defender Jessica Gavilanes. The freshman pushed a shot past a charging O'Connor to complete a 40-yard breakaway run in the 51st minute. Gromashchuk fired in a shot from eight yards out on a centering pass from the right wing by Johnson in the 65th minute. 

Renteria made three saves in 74 minutes before turning over the goal to junior Danielle Griscom as first-year head coach Bill Bustamante used every player in the contest. 

Medaille senior midfielder Katie Bush put in a header off of a corner kick by senior Chelsea Buzyniski with nine minutes left to close out the scoring.