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GLASSBORO, NJ – The Rowan University softball team defeated Centenary College, 7-0 and 5-1 on Monday. 
 
The Profs have a 23-8 record while Centenary is 7-20 overall.  In the first game, right-hander Krysti Maronski (sr. Woodbury Heights, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) recorded her sixth shutout and only gave up one hit.  She (13-3) tied the school's strikeout record with 14 for the second time this season.  Maronski also struck out 14 batters in a 3-1 win on opening day against Western Connecticut State University (Mar. 1).  Righty Meagan Madsen (sr. New Milford, NJ/New Milford) took the loss.  She (5-12) allowed seven runs on nine hits.
 
Shortstop Shilah Snead (so. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) produced a home run and three RBIs.  Designated player Ashley DeYoung (so. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) contributed with two hits (three at bats) while Maronski had a double and two RBIs.  First baseman Damariz Mercado (fr. Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) added one hit and a RBI.  She also scored one run along with third baseman Amanda Toomer (jr. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) and left fielder Jennifer Arcella (sr. Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Valley).     
 
The Profs had a 1-0 lead after the fourth inning.  Romero singled to left field, scoring Arcella.  Rowan tacked on six runs in the sixth.  Maronski drove in two runs with a double to center field.  Mercado had a RBI single and Snead followed with a three-run homer.  It was her fifth home run this year.     
 
Right-handed pitcher Beth Ann Hyland (so. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) had the win in the nightcap.  In six innings, she (10-5) scattered five hits and gave up one run.  Hyland totaled nine strikeouts.  Kylie Morgan-Polefka (fr. Wharton, NJ/Boonton) was the losing pitcher.  She  (2-8) allowed 10 hits and five runs.
 
Arcella went two for four with two RBIs.  DeYoung tallied two hits in four at bats and a home run.  Mercado collected three hits in three trips to the plate and one RBI.  She also scored one run.  Catcher Meagan Lee (sr. Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest) and Toomer had one hit and one run scored apiece.  Snead crossed the plate one time.
 
For the Cyclones, first baseman Courtney Siero (fr. Paramus, NJ/Paramus) was one for three with one RBI.  Left fielder Becca Raymond (fr. Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) and designated player Brittany Paulikas (fr. Fords, NJ/John F. Kennedy Mem.) each had a double.
 
In the first inning, Siero drove in Centenary's run with a single to center field.  Rowan tied the score in the second when Mercado knocked in Lee.  DeYoung's solo shot in the third inning put the Profs ahead 2-1.  It was her 10th home run on the season.  Arcella drove in two runs with a single in the fourth inning and Snead came home on an error.