Clermont, FL... Freshman pitcher Ashtin Helmer (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) tossed a five-inning no-hitter against Rhode Island College as The College of New Jersey softball team won two more games in Florida on Tuesday.
 
The Lions used that no-hitter in the day's opening game to beat Rhode Island College and then completed the two-game sweep for the day by topping Manhattanville College, 11-2 in six innings.
 
Helmer shrugged off a lengthy rain delay to record the no-hitter in only her second collegiate start as the Lions dropped Rhode Island College by the score of 10-0. She finished with three strikeouts and allowed only four base runners
 
At the midway point of their trip, the Lions own a record of 5-1.
 
The Lions will enjoy an off day on Wednesday, before being the final half of their spring trip with six games over the final three days. The first two of those games are on Thursday, March 14, facing Wesleyan College and Farmingdale State.
 
TCNJ 10, Rhode Island College 0
While Helmer was taking care of business on the mound, TCNJ's bats got things rolling in the top of the first and padded the lead with four more in the second.
 
Senior Ashley Sogluizzo (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South) went 2-for-2 with a double, scored twice, and also drove in a pair of runs. Freshman Christine (Desiderio (Babylon, NY/Babylon) added to the offence with two hits, including a double, and scored a two runs. Junior Kristen Lake (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) added to the win with a triple.
 
TCNJ 11, Manhattanville College 2
The Lions had their hitting shoes on for the second straight game reaching double figures in runs for the fourth time in six games.
 
The Valiants opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first, but TCNJ claimed the lead in the second as freshman Deanna Utter (Byram, NJ/Lenape Valley) tripled in a run and classmate Jamie Purcell (Nutley, NJ/Mount St. Dominic Academy) had a productive at-bat plating Utter on a ground out.
 
The Lions never looked back scoring two more runs in both the third and fourth innings and then ended the game with a five-run sixth.
 
Desiderio had another big game at the plate with a 3-for-3 performance and came around to score twice. Sogluizzo, Utter, and Lake each finished with two hits and combined to score five runs.
 
Junior Alex Carisone (Branchburg, NJ/Rutgers Prep) went 4.2 innings to improve to 2-0 on the season.