Newburgh, NY:  The Ramapo College softball team split a non-conference double header at Mount Saint Mary College today. The Roadrunners won 2-0 in a pitchers dual in game one while the Blue Knights won 5-2 in game two. Ramapo sees their record move to 17-7 overall while MSMC now stands at 17-9 on the year.
 
Game 1: In a game where hits were hard to come by early on the Roadrunners broke through with one run in top of the fourth inning. Ramapo struck out six times in the first three innings of action before Nicole Mahoney hit the team's second triple of the game to lead off the top of the fourth inning. Shannon Cox then drilled a deep fly ball to center field to earn the RBI sac fly allowing Mahoney to score for the 1-0 lead.
 
The Roadrunners added an insurance run in the sixth inning. Cox poked a single to left field before Grace Brennan hit a double to left field plating Cox for a 2-0 score. Ramapo starting pitcher Christina Brizek (4-2) struck out three, walked two and scattered four MSMC hits in the complete game shutout. Ally Spellman was perfect at the plate going 4-4 with a triple and three singles. Brennan finished the game 2-3 at the plate with double.

Cindy Connoly (7-4) struck out ten in the complete game for MSMC, she scattered eight hits and surrendered two runs.
 
Game 2: Mount Saint Mary scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a quick 5-0 lead. Three straight singles plated one run before a ground rule double brought one more home to put three runs on the board for the Blue Knights. They tacked on two more with a single and Ramapo error for the 5-0 lead.
 
Ramapo got two back in the third inning when Nicole Mahoney cracked her team leading fifth home run with a towering shot to deep center field. Jackie Howarth led off the inning with a bunt single before Mahoney hit the two-out home run to come within three 5-2. Ramapo tacked on one more run in the sixth inning when Brennan legged out a triple to left field. Carly Vadinsky then hit a two-out single through the right side of the infield plating Brennan to come within two 5-3. MSMC kept the Roadrunners off the board the rest of the game to earn the non-conference victory.
 
Erin Fitzsimmons (7-3) took the loss for Ramapo on the mound; she worked 0.1 inning with one strikeout, no walks and scattering four hits. She surrendered four runs, three earned. Katrina Buczkowski came in for relief in the first inning, she scattered six hits while she struck out two, walked two and surrendered one unearned run.
 
The Roadrunners return to action on Saturday, April 15th when they host NJAC rival the College of New Jersey at 1pm. The softball team will be joining forces with a local Wyckoff family to spread awareness of Eosinophilia Esophagitis (EE). You can find more info here.