Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)
Union, NJ… For the second straight day, The College of New Jersey softball team swept a New Jersey Athletic Conference opponent on the diamond as the Lions this time took a pair of road games from Kean University on Monday. The Lions won the opening game, 5-2, and then completed the sweep with a 5-0 triumph in the night cap.
TCNJ has now won five straight games and improved to 16-10 on the year and 4-2 in the NJAC. The two losses put the Cougars at 16-4 and 3-3 in the conference.
Game 1: TCNJ 5, Kean 2
The Lions opened the scoring in the third inning as sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) hit her second home run in as many days putting TCNJ in front 2-0. They added another run in the inning as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) singled to get on base and later scored on a base hit by senior Christina Lizzi (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo).
After the Cougars scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, TCNJ got those two runs back in the top of the seventh increasing the lead to 5-2. Seavers again came through with the big hit plating two runs with a single.
That was enough for sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) as she tossed a complete game for her ninth win of the season. She allowed a pair of runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
Seavers and Greeby each finished with two hits, with Seavers driving in four of the team's five runs.
Game 2: TCNJ 5, Kean 0
Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) had another strong outing on the mound as she went the distance pitching a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. It was her third shutout of the season and put her record at 5-2.
Sietsma also drove in the winning run in the bottom of the second inning with a single to score Lizzi.
TCNJ added two more runs in the third as Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) scored on an error and Kelly Armstrong (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) plated the second run of the inning with a single.
Seavers continued her torrid pace at the plate in the fourth with another two-run homer giving her home run in each of the last three games.
Seavers and senior Lauren Musacchia (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each finished with two hits.
