Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

Glassboro, NJ...The College of New Jersey softball team strengthened its quest to win the New Jersey Athletic Conference regular-season title and the top seed in the conference tournament as the Lions swept a pair of games from Rowan University on Thursday.

TCNJ, which is ranked seventh in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association, won the opener 4-1 in eight innings and then completed the sweep of the 20th-ranked Profs by the score of 4-2.

The Lions are now 28-6 on the season and 14-2 in conference play with a conference-leading 28 points. Ramapo College is in second place with 24 points, while Rowan dropped to third with 22 points. TCNJ can wrap up the top seed in the NJAC Tournament on Saturday as they need to win one game of its doubleheader with New Jersey City University.

The NJAC Tournament is slated to begin on Tuesday, May 4 with the top three seeds hosting first-round games. The six teams in the tournament will then shift to the highest seed in the tournament with games being played May 7-9.

Game 1
TCNJ 4, Rowan University 1 (8 innings)
The Lions won the opener in exciting fashion as Michelle Kent (Sparta, NJ/Pope John) singled in a run with two outs in the seventh inning to force extra innings.

TCNJ then plated three runs in the eighth as senior Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) brought home a run with a fielder's choice followed by a RBI double by Katelyn Congilose (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan), and run-scoring single by Caitlyn Seamster (Edison, NJ/John P. Stevens).

Senior Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) threw all eight innings for her 13th win of the season as she allowed just the one run on six hits.

Game 2
TCNJ 4, Rowan University 2
The Lions scored all four runs in the bottom of the sixth as senior Dani Hagel (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Oakcrest) started the big inning with a RBI single and Congilose followed with another hit to plate a run giving TCNJ a 2-1 advantage. Seamster then added to that advantage with a two-run homer, her first as a Lion, to make it 4-1.

The Profs added a run in the seventh, but it was enough as sophomore pitcher Lauren Fitzsimmons (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) nailed down her 15th win of the season.

Junior Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) collected pair of hits in the win for the Lions.