Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

Haverford, PA… The College of New Jersey softball team pulled out a split in a doubleheader at Haverford College on Thursday as the Lions dropped the first game, 5-4, and then handled the Fords 8-0 in five innings to earn the split.

TCNJ is now 12-10 on the season, while for the Fords are 9-7. The Lions will be back on the field on Saturday heading to Kean University for a New Jersey Athletic Conference twin bill with the Cougars.

Game 1: Haverford College 5, TCNJ 4
The Fords scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning with the second of those being the winning run, which came with one out.

The Lions had taken the lead in the top half of the inning with a pair of runs to erase a 3-2 deficit.

Freshman Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) paced the Lions at the plate going 2-for-4 with a run scored and a run batted in. Sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) also had two hits for TCNJ.

Pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) suffered the loss for the Lions with three of the runs allowed being earned. She also struck out seven Haverford batters and gave up six hits.

Game 2: TCNJ 8, Haverford College 0 (5 innings)
Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) fired a one-hitter in the five-inning victory to improve to 4-2 on the season. She also struck out three batters in her eighth complete game of the season.

After scoring a run in the top of the second, the Lions exploded for six runs in the third with Cawley coming up with the big hit driving in three runs with a triple.

Cawley finished the game going 2-for-4 with three RBI, while sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) and senior Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) were both 2-for-3. Seavers also had a steady game at the plate picking up her second multiple-hit game of the day