Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 UNION, NJ – The Rowan University softball team lost the first game of a conference doubleheader at Kean University, 6-1 and won the second, 3-2 on Saturday.
 
The Profs are 23-3 overall and 4-2 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.  The Cougars have a 19-3 record with a 4-2 conference mark. 
 
Right-hander Shannon McMahon (sr. South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) threw a complete game for the win in the opener.  McMahon (11-0) only allowed one earned run on eight hits.  Righty Jesse DeDomenico (fr. East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) took the loss. 
 
Only three of the Cougars' runs were earned due to the Profs' six errors.  Shortstop Cayleen Rizo (so. Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) led Kean with three hits (four at bats), two RBIs and two runs.  Catcher Samantha Krakower (so. Palisades Park, NJ/Immaculate Conception) contributed with two RBIs and second baseman Emily Sabo (sr. Rahway, NJ/Rahway) tallied two hits and one run.  Center fielder Dana Knapp (sr. Langhorne, PA/Neshaminy) and first baseman Jacqueline Riley (so. South Amboy, NJ/Cardinal McCarrick) each chipped in with one RBI.  Rizo and Knapp scored two runs apiece. 
 
For Rowan, designated player Morgan Smith (jr. Millsboro, DE/Sussex Central) and third baseman Cassandra Gerard (so. Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) each registered two hits.  Smith scored the Profs' run and shortstop Carly Anderson (so. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) had the RBI. 
 
Rowan's run came in the second inning.  Smith led off with a single and went to second on Gerard's base hit to left field.  Anderson singled to center field and Smith came home.  Kean took the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the third.  Krakower drove in Rizo and Knapp with a base hit to center field.  The Cougars tacked on four runs in the fifth inning for the victory.
 
Right-hander Lauren Shannon (fr. Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) pitched a complete game for the victory in the second contest.  She (10-0) scattered nine hits and gave up two runs, one earned.  She struck out five batters.  Lefty Taryn DiGiacomo (fr. Saddle Brook, NJ/Saddle Brook) allowed six hits and three earned runs in the loss.
 
Smith registered two hits and one RBI.  Center fielder Gianna Genello (so. West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) and left fielder Mia Baldassari (jr. Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Morris Knolls) each had one hit and one run.  Catcher Nicole Paiotti (jr. Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills) chipped in with one RBI.

The Profs scored all three runs in the first inning.  Genello walked, stole second and went to third on a double by Baldassari.  DeDomenico drove in Genello with a single through the left side.  Smith followed with a base hit to center field and Baldassari scored.  DeDomenico came home on a single by Paiotti. 
 
Left fielder Emily Bissonnette (sr. Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) had a RBI single in the second inning for Kean.  Pinch runner Tatiana Yourstone (fr. Edison, NJ/Edison) scored in the third inning on a single to center field by third baseman Amanda Berezny (sr. Washington, NJ/Warren Hills.      
 
Rowan is on the road again at The College of New Jersey on Tuesday, April 11 at 3 p.m.