2
Winner Kean University KEAN 25-8, 10-3 NJAC
1
Montclair State MSU 29-2, 12-1 NJAC
Winner
Kean University KEAN
25-8, 10-3 NJAC
2
Final
1
Montclair State MSU
29-2, 12-1 NJAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kean University KEAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2
Montclair State MSU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2

W: Yard, Courtney (14-5) L: A. Hill (19-2)

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Kean University KEAN 25-9, 10-4 NJAC
4
Winner Montclair State MSU 30-2, 13-1 NJAC
Kean University KEAN
25-9, 10-4 NJAC
1
Final
4
Montclair State MSU
30-2, 13-1 NJAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kean University KEAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 0
Montclair State MSU 4 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 0

W: A. Cullen (11-0) L: Yard, Courtney (14-6) S: A. Hill (5)

Game Recap: Softball |

No. 23 Softball Hands No. 2 Montclair Its First NJAC Loss

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (4/19/14) – Junior Courtney Yard pitched nine strong innings and drove in Kean's only run of regulation as the No. 23 Kean University softball team upset No.2 Montclair State University 2-1 in nine innings on Saturday. It was the Red Hawks' first NJAC loss of the season and marks the second-straight year the Cougars snapped an impressive Montclair winning streak. They handed the 31-0 Red Hawks their first loss last season. MSU evened things up in the nightcap and won 4-1.

Kean is now 25-9 and 10-3 in the NJAC, and the Red Hawks are 30-2 and 12-1 in the league.

Game One

Megan Cegielski led off the game for the visitors with a slap single to centerfield and stole second with two outs. Yard – the Cougar cleanup hitter – hit a full-count double to right-center to put Kean up early.

Yard's only first-game blemish was a two-out homer allowed to Brooke Powers in the bottom of the third. Otherwise, she and Montclair hurler Alex Hill dueled for nine tense innings, allowing just four hits each.

Both teams got out of the eighth by stranding the placed runners on third base, sending the game to the ninth. The Red Hawks intentionally walked Yard to put runners on first and second, and a Red Hawk error allowed Sandra Binkiewicz to score what turned into the game-winning run.

Montclair loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but Yard induced a popup to Emily Sabo to end the game and gain the important NJAC victory.

Yard struck out 10 in nine innings on the way to her 14th victory of the year.

Game Two

Kelly Moorehead (pictured left) had three hits in game two, but it was not enough to get Kean past the Red Hawks twice in a row. Cegielski and Sabo had two base knocks in the game as well for the Cougars.

Rebecca Rotola pitched 5.2 shutout innings for Kean in relief during the second matchup, but four of Montclair's first five batters of the game came around to score and the Red Hawks used those runs to cruise to victory. Rotloa retired the first 10 batters she faced in the game.

Kean will play the final road games of the regular season on Tuesday at Richard Stockton College beginning at 3 p.m.

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