Wayne, NJ:  The Rampao College softball team swept NJAC rival William Paterson University today on the road, 4-3 in game one and 4-2 in game two. The Roadrunners improve to 17-7 overall, 6-2 in the conference while the Pioneers drop to 13-8-1 overall, 4-4 in the NJAC.
 
Heading into the top of the second inning in game one, the Roadrunners trailed 1-0 before they scored one run to tie the game. Lima drove home Mikayla Melendez with a single to right field. Melendez drew a lead-off walk to start the inning. In the third inning, Melanie Walling reached on a fielder's choice before Melendez ripped a two-out RBI double to left center allowing Walling to come around and score for the 2-1 lead.
 
In the bottom half of the third, WPU took a 3-2 lead with a two-run home run by Rachel Wasilak. Neither team would score until the top of the seventh when Melissa Moreno propelled the Roadrunners to a 4-3 victory with a two-out two-run home. The home run, Moreno's first of her career, drove home Jaclyn Lima to take the lead. Lima led off the inning with a single.
 
Ramapo starting pitcher Katrina Buczkowski earned a no-decision in the game. She worked the first four innings, scattering seven hits and walking three. Paige Merle (3-0) earned the win on the mound in relief. She held the Pioneers scoreless in the final three innings while she struck out two and walked two. Lima, Melendez and Moreno wall collected two hits apiece in game one.
 
In game two, Ramapo saw themselves down 2-0 after two innings of play before the Roadrunners scored two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 4-2 lead. In the top of the fourth, Walling led off with a double before she scored on an infield groundout from Nicole Mahoney. Grace Brennan then belted out her team leading fourth home run of the season over the left field fence to tie the game at two.
 
In the fifth inning, Danielle Saporito walked and stole second before she moved to third on Melendez's single up the middle. Melendez moved up to second on an infield groundout before Walling ripped her second double of the game to plate both runs, taking a 4-2 lead.
 
Starting pitcher Christina Brizek and the Ramapo defense held WPU scoreless in their last three at-bats to secure the conference sweep. Brizek (6-4) fired a complete game with four strikeouts and three walks while she scattered six hits. Walling led the team at the plate finishing 2-4 with one run scored and two RBI while Saporito, Melendez and Brennan all collected one hit in the game.
 
The Roadrunners return to action tomorrow afternoon at 1pm when they take on Rutgers-Newark University in a NJAC doubleheader.