Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GLASSBORO, NJ  – The Rowan University softball team swept Kean University, 6-1 and 1-0 in a conference doubleheader on Saturday.
 
The Profs are 24-6 overall and 7-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.  The Cougars have a 14-14 record with a 6-4 conference mark.
 
Right-hander Beth Ann Hyland (sr. East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) pitched a complete game for the win in the opener.  Hyland (13-2) only allowed three hits and one earned run.  She struck out nine batters.  Pitcher Kiele Eichlin (jr. Milford, NJ/Delaware Valley Reg.) had the loss on the mound.
 
Right fielder Morgan Smith (so. Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central) produced two hits, a home run and three RBIs.  Shortstop Shilah Snead (sr. Malaga, NJ/Delsea Reg.) was two for four at the plate with one double, one triple, one RBI and one run.  Left fielder Mia Baldassari (so. Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Morris Knolls) contributed with two hits (four at bats), one RBI and one run.  Third baseman Nicole Paiotti (so. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hils) added one hit and one RBI.   
 
For Kean, second baseman Emily Sabo (jr. Rahway, NJ/Rahway) had one hit (two at bats) and one RBI.  Right fielder Tonianne DeMatteo (sr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) registered a double and one run scored. 
 
Rowan had a 3-0 lead after two runs in the first inning and one in the second.  Snead scored in the first on a ground out by Smith.  Paiotti had a RBI single up the middle that brought pinch runner Rosalie Hood (so. Egg Harbor City, NJ/Cedar Creek) home.  Baldassari drove in the run in the second with a single to left center field.
 
The Cougars' run came in the top of the third inning.  With one out, DeMatteo had a double and she advanced to third on a bunt single by left fielder Olivia Zengel (fr. Stockton, NJ/Hunterdon Central).  Sabo's base hit scored DeMatteo.  In the bottom half, Smith led off with a solo shot.  It was her eighth home run on the season.  Rowan added one run in the fourth and fifth innings.  Baldassari posted a single and came home on Smith's triple.  In the fifth, center fielder Gianna Genello (fr. West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) crossed the plate on a double by Snead.
 
In the second contest, right-hander Allison Nolan (sr. Middletown, NJ/Middletown S.) earned the victory on the mound in relief.  Nolan (2-0) did not give up a hit in three innings and she had five strikeouts.  Righty Shannon McMahon (jr. South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) took the loss.
 
Designated player Ashley DeYoung (jr. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) led the Profs with two hits (three bats) and a double.  In the sixth inning, DeYoung doubled to right field.  She was replaced by pinch runner Kristina Mueller (fr. Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge).  Smith reached on a single to center field and went to second on an error.  Mueller came home on the error.
 
Rowan has a rescheduled doubleheader at Stockton University on Sunday, April 17 at 1 p.m.