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Ewing, NJ… Second-ranked Montclair State University had its hands full with The College of New Jersey softball team, but the Red Hawks used a pair of solid pitching performances to post a sweep of the Lions on Saturday at Dr. June Walker Field.
 
The Red Hawks scored a 2-0 win in eight innings to claim the opening game of the doubles and then recorded a 5-0 triumph in the second game.
 
The win puts Montclair State's winning streak at 21 in a row as they are 25-1 overall and 10- in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. The two losses put the Lions at 6-20 overall and 0-10 in league play.  
 
The Lions are back in action on Tuesday, April 15 for a conference doubleheader at Rowan University, while the Red Hawks return home to host New Jersey City University.
 
Game 1
Montclair State 2  The College of New Jersey 0 (8 innings)
The Lions played some outstanding defense to keep MSU off the board early in the game. With a runner on second base and one out in the third, Brooke Powers singled to left. Sophomore Christine Desiderio (Babylon, NY/Babylon) ranged to her left to field the ball and fired home to cut down the runner trying to score, as catcher Jamie Purcell (Nutley, NJ/Mt. St. Dominic Academy) applied the tag for the out.
 
Senior Alex Carisone (Branchburg, NJ/Rutgers Prep) was stellar through the early innings. She scattered three hits and struck out a pair. With the Red Hawks threatening in the fourth with runners on second and third, Carisone got the batter looking at a called third strike to end the inning.
 
TCNJ came within inches of taking a 1-0 lead in the fifth. With two outs, Purcell lined a single to left and was pinch-run for by Nery Cerda (North Bergen, NJ/High Tech). Kristen Fitzsimmons (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) worked a full-count before drawing a walk. Lindsey Williams (Roxbury, NJ/Roxbury) legged out an infield singled to fill the bases. Kristen Lake (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) bounced a slow roller in front of home plate that pitcher Alex Hill picked up and flipped home. Cerda slid in, but was called out on the force in a close play at the plate.
 
In the sixth, Carisone retired the side in order. With a runner on first in the seventh, third baseman Jessica Kennick (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) speared a line drive and fired to first for the inning-ending double play.
 
The Red Hawks plated the only two runs in the top of the eighth as Alisha Cumberton and Hill each singled in runs, while Hill kept the Lions off of the board in the bottom of the inning.
 
Purcell finished the game going 2-for-3 at the plate for TCNJ.
 
Hill notched her 17^th win of the season with the complete game and recorded 11 strikeouts to move her season total to 205 in 126.1 innings.
 
Carisone allowed only one earned run in eight innings a
 
Game 2
Montclair State 2  The College of New Jersey 0 (8 innings)
The Red Hawks got on the board with three runs in the fourth inning with Dana Amato scoring on an error and Tara Petrucelli plating the other two with a base hit.
 
Montclair added two more runs sixth with Petrucelli and Jaclyn Allegretta each driving in runs with singles.
 
Red Hawk starter Alison Cullen won her eighth straight decision with the shutout, scattering seven hits over seven innings.
 
Desiderio topped the Lions with a pair of hits in the game and freshman Olivia Fahr (Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg) reached base twice with a single a walk.
 
Petrucelli went 2-for-3 for MSU and knocked in three runs.