Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
Clermont, FL… A pair of strong pitching performances helped the The College of New Jersey softball wrap up its spring trip with a doubleheader sweep of Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham on Saturday. The Lions won the first game by the score of 2-1 and then finished off the sweep with a 9-1 triumph.
The Lions, which finished the trip with a mark of 7-5, will be right back on the field on March 18 as they head to Moravian College for a doubleheader against the Greyhounds.
Game 1: TCNJ 2, FDU-Florham 1
Pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) turned in another solid performance on the mound as she tossed a one-hitter for her fourth victory of the season. The sophomore allowed only one run in the third inning and finished with seven strikeouts.
The Devils got that run in the third, but the Lions came right back in the bottom half of the inning to knot the score. Sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) singled and came around to score one batter later as freshman Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) belted a triple.
TCNJ plated the winning run in the last of the sixth as senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) tripled and scored on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury).
Game 2: TCNJ 9, FDU-Florham 1
Freshman Jamie Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) picked up where Minervini left off throwing a complete game for her second victory of the trip. She yielded one run on a pair of hits and struck out 11.
TCNJ's offense struck for three runs in the top of the first Cawley doubled and later scored on an illegal pitch. After Lizzi reached base on a error, she scored on a triple by Greeby, who in turn scored on a double by junior Taylor Cianciotti (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) making it a 3-0 game.
The Devils scored their run in the bottom of the inning, but the Lions scored three more runs in the fourth as Lizzi, Greeby and Cianciotti each brought home runs with singles.
TCNJ rounded out the scoring in the seventh as junior Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial), junior Camille Heller (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) and Seavers each crossed the plate.
The Lions pounded out 13 hits in the win with Greeby leading the way with three, while Seavers, Cawley and Cianciotti each had a pair.
Seavers collected hits in both games extending her hitting streak to nine straight.
