KISSIMMEE, FL – The Rowan University softball team went 1-1 on the final day at The Spring Games.  Grinnell College edged the Profs, 5-4 in eight innings and Rowan shut out Endicott College, 7-0.
 
Left-hander Darice Wheeler (so. Evanston, IL/Cushing Academy) was the winning pitcher for Grinnell.  She (1-3) scattered six hits and gave up four runs, one earned. Right-hander Lauren Shannon (jr. Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) struck out eight batters in the loss (4-2).
 
Third baseman Ashley Wehrenberg (sr. Sacramento, CA/Pleasant Grove) led Grinnell with a home run and two RBIs.  Center fielder Lelia Bishop-Parise (so. Reno, NV/Robert McQueen) and Wheeler each contributed with two hits and one RBI.  Bishop-Parise also scored two runs.  
 
For Rowan, designated player Kelly Duffy (so. Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Mem.) and left fielder Morgan Zane (fr. Pittsgrove, NJ/A.P. Schalick) had one hit and one RBI apiece.  Shortstop Carly Anderson (sr. Nutley, NJ/Nutley) produced two hits and one run.  Third baseman Cassandra Gerard (sr. Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) scored two times.  
 
The Profs took the lead 3-1 after scoring two runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth.  Zane plated Gerard with a double to right center in the fourth.  With Duffy at bat, Zane came home on an error. In the fifth, catcher Christina Guarino (so. West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) had a sacrifice fly, scoring Anderson.
 
The Pioneers tied the score with two runs in the top of the seventh.  Wehrenberg recorded a two run homer to left field.  Grinnell went ahead 5-3 in the eighth inning.  Bishop-Parise drove in Seibert with a single to center field. With the bases loaded and two outs, Bishop-Parise crossed the plate on a wild pitch.  Rowan scored one run in the bottom of the eighth.  Duffy knocked in Gerard with a base hit.
 
Anderson went four for four with two doubles, one RBI and three runs against Endicott.  Duffy compiled three hits, a double and three RBIs.  Center fielder Kristina Mueller (sr. Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases.  Gerard added two hits, one RBI and one run.
 
Right-hander Jesse DeDomenico (jr. East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) was the winning pitcher.  She (5-4) only allowed two hits  Maggie Oram (jr. Lexington, MA/Lexington) suffered the loss (2-1).
 
The Profs got on the scoreboard in the third inning.  Anderson singled up the middle, scoring Mueller.  Duffy's base hit through the left side, brought home Anderson.  Rowan led 4-0 after the fifth inning.  Mueller came home on an error and Gerard posted a RBI single.  The Profs had three more runs in the seventh.  Anderson touched home plate on an error and Duffy knocked in two runs with a double. 
 
Next week, Rowan (10-6) travels to Neumann University on Wednesday, March 27 for a 3 p.m. double header.