GALLOWAY, N.J. (4/8/23) – Four players tallied two hits apiece as the Kean University softball team was swept by Stockton University for the first time since 2008.

Stockton 4, Kean 1

• The Ospreys tallied an RBI single and capitalized on a throwing error to score two runs in the first.  
• Kean notched their only run of the contest when Eliza Filus scored on a Karly Messina groundout.
• Stockton took the lead for good in the sixth with a two-run homer to left.
• Gianna Pickens and Andee Perseponko both went 2-for-3.
• Filus went 1-for-3 with a run scored.
• Sydney Hixenbaugh went 1-for-3.
• Heather Clevenger and Hixenbaugh combined for seven strikeouts.

Stockton 9, Kean 1 (5 Inn.)

• Stockton struck first again with three runs over the first two innings, before the Cougars notched their only run of the contest in the third with a Filus RBI groundout.
• The Ospreys added six more runs in the fifth to end the game with a mercy-rule.
• Melody Caces went 2-for-3.
• Hixenbaugh finished 1-for-1.
• Annabella Marino struck out two batters in the complete game loss.

Milestone Watch

• Filus needs just three hits to reach 100 for her career.

Head Coach Margie Acker and the Cougars will return to action on Tuesday, Apr. 11^th, hosting the Roadrunners of Ramapo College for a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.