Mahwah, NJ: The Ramapo College softball team split their final regular season doubleheader today against visiting Centenary University. The Cyclones came back in game one to win in eight innings, 4-3, while the Roadrunners won game two, 1-0. Ramapo improves to 28-8 overall while the Cyclones now stand at 25-12 on the year.
Game 1:
Centenary got on the board in the top of the first when Jaelynn Miller connected on her team leading fifth home run of the season for a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first,
Katie Rygiel led off with a single before
Avery Kontura worked a walk.
Mahogany Wheeler then put down a sac bunt to move the runners up one base before
Avery Bartolomeo drilled an RBI single into right field to plate the tying run in Rygiel, 1-1. In the third,
Alexis Corra reached on a fielder's choice and later scored on Yasabellah Otero's RBI single to left field, 2-1. Bartolomeo led off the fifth with a single and later scored on a wild pitch to extend the lead, 3-1. In the top of the seventh with two outs, Maggie Lenah plated the game-tying run with a two-RBI single, 3-3. In the top of the eighth a line drive sac fly to center field with a diving catch by Ramapo center fielder
Lia Milsom would plate the go-ahead run for the Cyclones. Rhiannon Ginnetti drove in Carolyn Rose for the 4-3 lead. In the bottom half of the eighth, Ramapo used a sac bunt from
Hannah Hensler to push Corra to third before the Cyclones induced an infield pop out and a lineout to right field to end the game.
Miller (19-3) struck out two, walked four and surrendered eight hits and three runs in eight complete innings of work for Centenary in the circle.
Brooke Knight (2-1) suffered the loss in the circle for the Roadrunners in relief. She struck out three, walked two and let up three runs (one earned). Bartolomeo finished 3-3 with one run scored and one RBI.
Game 2
The Roadrunners only recorded two hits in game two both by Rygiel as she made the second one count. With two outs in the fifth inning, Rygiel belted her second home run of the season to break a 0-0 tie game.
Kassy Stefanski fired a three-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks to earn her 12th win of the season. Stefanski and the Roadrunner defense did not let up in the final two innings holding the Cyclones to just two hits as Ramapo won, 1-0. This was Ramapo's 10th shutout on the year.
The Roadrunners return to action on Saturday, May 4th when they host #3 Kean University in the second round of the NJAC Tournament at 1:00 PM. The Roadrunners who earned the #2 seed earned a first-round bye while the Cougars won a first-round game, 8-3, over Rutgers-Camden University.
