Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WINTER HAVEN, FL – The Rowan University softball team shut out Messiah College, 4-0 and St. Norbert College, 13-0 in five innings on Tuesday.  The Profs are undefeated with a 14-0 record.
 
Right-hander Allison Nolan (jr. Middletown, NJ/Middletown S.) registered the shutout on the mound against Messiah (2-5).  She (4-0) pitched a complete game and only allowed four hits.  Nolan struck out six batters.  Righty Claressa Mees (jr. Stephenson, VA/Homeschool) threw five innings and had the loss.  She (1-2) gave up seven hits and three earned runs.
 
Shortstop Shilah Snead (jr. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) produced two doubles, one RBI and two runs.  Left fielder Mia Baldassari (fr. Hopatcong, NJ/Morris Knolls) and second baseman Alysa Romero (sr. Newfield, NJ/Vineland) each contributed with a hit and one RBI.  Center fielder Shannon Costello (sr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) and right fielder Sammy Vradenburg (so. Park Ridge, NJ/Park Ridge) scored one run apiece. 
 
Rowan had its first run in the third inning.  Romero singled up the middle and Snead came home.  The Profs totaled three runs in the fourth.  Costello was hit by a pitch and moved to second on first baseman Damariz Mercado's (so. Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) sac bunt.  She stole third base and crossed the plate on a throwing error.  Snead drove in Vradenburg with a double to left center.  Baldassari reached base with a single and advanced to second on an error while Snead scored. 
 
Versus St. Norbert (1-3), right-hander Beth Ann Hyland (jr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) pitched three innings for the victory.  She scattered five hits and had four strikeouts.  Rookie Rachel Gagliardo (fr. Plainsboro, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro S.) threw the final two innings and did not allow a hit.    
 
Romero went three for three with a double, three RBIs and one run.  Snead recorded a home run, two RBIs and two runs.  Baldassari produced two hits, a triple and two runs.  Third baseman Jessica Phillips (sr. Woolwich, NJ/Kingsway Reg.) had a double, two RBIs and one run scored.  Designated player Morgan Smith (fr. Millsboro, NJ/DE/Sussex Central), right fielder Sierra Machinski (fr. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill W.) and catcher Alyssa Sims (jr. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill W.) each chipped in with a single, one RBI and one run.  Center fielder Rosalie Hood (fr. Egg Harbor City, NJ/Cedar Creek) had two hits in three at bats, one RBI and one run scored.  Mercado tallied two hits (two at bats), a double and two runs. 

Rowan plays St. Norbert again on Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. and Centenary College at 12:15 p.m.