Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GLASSBORO, NJ  – The Rowan University softball team shut out Ramapo College, 8-0 in six innings and 1-0 in a conference doubleheader on Monday.
 
In the first game, the Profs totaled 14 hits, six doubles, one triple and two home runs.  Shortstop Shilah Snead (sr. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) was three for four with a double, one home run and two runs.  Left fielder Mia Baldassari (so. Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Morris Knolls) totaled three hits (four at bats), one double, one RBI and two runs.  Second baseman Carly Anderson (fr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) contributed with three hits, one double and two RBIs.
 
Right fielder Morgan Smith (so. Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central) chipped in with a homer and two RBIs.  Third baseman Nicole Paiotti (so. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) and first baseman Damariz Mercado (jr. Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) each added one RBI.
 
Right-hander Beth Ann Hyland (sr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) threw four innings in the first game for the win.  She only gave up two hits and had six strikeouts.  Allison Nolan (sr. Middletown, NJ/Middletown S.) was on the mound for the final two innings.  Pitcher Katrina Buczkowski (so. Buffalo, NY/Clarence) had the loss.
 
Rowan led 3-0 after the first inning.  Baldassari's single to center field, scored Snead.  Anderson drove in two runs with a double to left center field.  In the third, Mercado had a RBI double.  The Profs added three more runs in the fourth inning.  Snead blasted a solo shot to center field while Smith posted a two run homer.  Paiotti singled home the eighth run in the sixth inning.
 
Hyland pitched a complete game for the shutout in the second contest.  She (12-2) allowed five hits and struck out six batters.  It was only the second loss (8-2) on the season for pitcher Christina Brizek (so. Pompton Plains, NJ/Pequannock).
 
Each team had five hits.  Rowan has a 22-6 record with a 5-1 mark in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.  Ramapo is 13-7 overall and 4-2 in the conference.
 
The Profs' winning run came in the first inning.  With two outs, Smith knocked in Baldassari with a single up the middle.  Snead and Smith each ended the game with two hits while Anderson had one double.  
 
Rowan travels to Stockton University on Tuesday, April 12 for a 3 p.m. conference doubleheader.