Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GLASSBORO, NJ  – The Rowan University softball team swept Neumann University, 9-0 and 10-0 in the home opener on Thursday.  Both games went five innings due to the eight-run rule.
 
Right-hander Beth Hyland (sr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) only allowed one hit in the first game.  She (7-2) struck out 11 batters.  Pitcher Michaela Pembleton (fr. Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Twp.) had the loss.
 
Left fielder Mia Baldassari (so. Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Morris Knolls) was two for three at the plate with two RBIs, a triple and one run.  Third baseman Nicole Paiotti (so. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) contributed with a home run and scored two runs.  Designated player Ashley DeYoung (jr. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) added a double, two RBIs and one run. 
 
Second baseman Carly Anderson (fr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) chipped in with two hits, one double and two RBIs.  Right fielder Morgan Smith (so. Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central) scored three runs while shortstop Shilah Snead (sr. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) and center fielder Gianna Gennello (fr. West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) each had one run.
 
In the second inning, Anderson singled to left center, scoring Smith.  The Profs led 4-0 after three runs in the third.  DeYoung drove in two runs with a double down the left field line and Anderson followed with a RBI double.  Rowan produced five runs in the fourth inning.  Baldassari knocked in two runs with a triple and she crossed the plate on a wild pitch.  Paiotti recorded a solo shot to left field.  Pinch hitter Sara Finnegan (jr.  South Brunswick, NJ/South Brunswick) had a RBI single.
 
In the nightcap, righty MacKenzie Juodaitis (fr. Cheshire, CT/Cheshire) recorded the win on the mound.  She (5-2) went three innings and gave up two hits.  Haley Broomell (jr. Woodstown, NJ/Woodstown) was the losing pitcher.
 
Snead totaled two hits, two RBIs, a home run and two runs.  Baldassari tallied one hit, two RBIs and one run.  Smith recorded a homer, two RBIs and two runs.  Anderson added two RBIs and had one double.  Paiotti scored two runs.
 
The Profs were up 2-0 in the first inning with a two-run homer by Smith.  Rowan scored five runs in the second.  Snead singled in one run and Baldassari had a two RBI base hit.  Baldassari and Paiotti both crossed the plate on an error.  In the fourth, Snead led off with a home run to center field.  Third baseman Cassandra Gerard (fr. Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) reached base with a double to left center field.  Anderson's double scored Gerard and Smith.

Next week, Rowan travels to Haverford College on Thursday, March 31 for a 3 p.m. doubleheader.