March 10, 2008
By Lyle Fulton
Clermont, FL… The College of New Jersey softball team pushed its winning streak to modest three games as the Lions scored wins over Ripon College and Westfield State College on Monday. TCNJ posted a 2-0 win over Ripon in its first game and then rallied for a 3-2 against Westfield State College.
TCNJ is now 3-3 on the season and return to action on Wednesday facing Ripon College in a doubleheader.
TCNJ 2, Ripon College 0
Sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) picked up her first win of the season tossing a complete-game shutout limiting Ripon to four hits with a season-high 11 strikeouts.
The Lions opened the scoring in the top of the second as sophomore Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Oakcrest) doubled and came around to score on a base hit by classmate Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury).
TCNJ’s other run came in the fourth as Greeby reached on an error and later scored on a single by freshman Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) making it a 2-0 game.
Sikora and Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each finished with a pair of hits for the Lions.
TCNJ 3, Westfield State College 2
The Lions got off to a slow start as Westfield State plated two runs in the top of the first, but the Lions quickly cut the margin in half in the latter half of the inning as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) scored on an error.
TCNJ then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth as Sikora brought home Greeby with a base hit and then came around to score what turned out to be the winning run on a double by Seavers.
Freshman Jamie Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) earned her first collegiate win in relief as she went 4-2/3 innings without allowing a run and five strikeouts. Minervini closed out the win with two scoreless innings to pick up the save.
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