Farmingdale, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) softball team dropped a pair of Skyline Conference contests, 9-1 and 3-0, to Farmingdale State on Saturday afternoon.
The losses send the Golden Eagles to 7-3 overall on the year and 5-3 in conference play as the Rams improve to 6-3 and 6-2.
Farmingdale 9, SJC 1 (5 innings)
The hosts jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning and extended their lead to 3-0 with an additional to runs in the second.
SJC would get on the board in the top of the third when freshman Madison DiSalvo (0-for-0) walked and scored graduate student Ashley Accardi (0-for-1) from third base (3-1).
Farmingdale doubled its output in the third inning, going ahead 6-1, before posting three more runs in the fourh (9-1).
Junior Patricia McGloin (3-2) took the loss for SJC on the mound.
Farmingdale 3, SJC 0
Scoreless into the bottom of the fifth, Farmingdale scored three runs off the bats of Jessica Lombardo (1-for-2), Julianna Prescia (0-for-3), and Brooke Walker (1-for-3) in successive at-bats.
SJC failed to find an answer in the remaining two innings and succombed to a 3-0 defeat.
Freshman Julia Ruocchio (1-2) struck out one batter and allowed three earned runs in 6.0 innings of work for the Golden Eagles.
The Golden Eagles return to action tomorrow, Sunday, April 11 when they host the Rams for the final two games of a four-game set beginning at 12:00 pm. On-site spectators are strictly prohibited. Live video and stats are available here at sjcgoldeneagles.com.
