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Box Score 2 KISSIMMEE, FL – The Rowan University softball team defeated Wheaton College (MA), 8-0 in five innings on Saturday. Messiah College edged Rowan, 4-3 in the second game.
Right-hander
Beth Ann Hyland (sr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) threw three innings for the victory against Wheaton. She (3-2) did not give up a hit and had four strikeouts. Rookie
MacKenzie Juodaitis (fr. Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) was on the mound for the final two innings and only allowed one hit. Righty Allison Cox had the loss in the Lyons' season opener.
Right fielder
Morgan Smith (so. Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central) totaled four hits in four at bats and three RBIs. Shortstop
Shilah Snead (sr. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) was two for four with a double, one RBI and two runs. Second baseman
Carly Anderson (fr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) and pinch hitter
Sara Finnegan (jr. South Brunswick, NJ/South Brunswick) each had one hit and one RBI. Center fielder
Gianna Genello (fr. West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) added one RBI.
The Profs got on the scoreboard with a RBI single by Smith in the first inning. They led 4-0 after three runs in the second. Catcher
Alyssa Sims (sr. Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill W.) came home on a fielder's choice with Genello at bat. Snead and Anderson both produced RBI singles.
Rowan went on to score two runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Smith singled up the middle in the fourth, scoring Anderson. Pinch hitter
Amanda Parker (so. Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) drove in pinch runner
Gianna Decker (fr. Southampton, NJ/Seneca) with a base hit. Snead led off the fifth with a double and crossed the plate on Finnegan's single. Smith knocked in Finnegan with a single to center field.
Righty Courtney Allen (sr. Lancaster, PA/Conestoga Valley) went the distance on the mound for Messiah. She (6-0) had five strikeouts and gave up three earned runs. The Eagles went ahead 4-3 in the top of the third inning. Left fielder Carrie Fix (so. York, PA/York Catholic) scored the first run with a bunt single. Allen recorded a three-run homer to center field.
Smith, Sims and Genello all registered two hits. Sims scored one run and Smith had one RBI. Designated player
Ashley DeYoung (jr. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) and Anderson tallied one hit and one RBI apiece.
Rowan led 2-0 after the first inning. Snead scored on a sacrifice fly by Anderson. Smith's RBI single brought home third baseman
Nicole Paiotti (so. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills). Sims had a run in the second on DeYoung's single.
Rowan (5-5) has games against Skidmore College and the University of Dubuque on Sunday, March 13 at 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. respectively.
