When and Where:

Records:

Results:

Game One:

Key Players:

• Sophomore Jacqueline Flannery led the Golden Eagles with two hits and two runs scored
• Junior Antonia Busa finished with two hits on four appearances at the plate and one RBI
• Junior Katelyn Lisgorski totaled one hit and two RBIs
• Senior Gabriella Vacchio and sophomore Alexandria Labaraba each tallied one hit and one run scored

How it happened:

• The Golden Eagles got on the scoreboard first as Flannery led off the bottom of the first with Angelina DeLuca bunting to reach first on the next hit, leading to a Brooke BOve groundout that brought home Flannery to score
• In the top of the second, the Scarlett Raiders secured a double to left field, with runners on second and third, one run came home to score on a passed ball to tie the game in the inning
• Rutgers-Newark would add to their lead in the top of the third inning after a batter was hit by a pitch, a double to left field brought home another run to score, to take a 2-1 lead
• The Raiders built upon their lead in the fourth inning as they collected five runs on six hits in the inning to take control of the game with a six-run lead (7-1)
• The Golden Eagles responded in the bottom half of the inning, with the bases loaded, as Lysgorski's single up the middle allowed both Vacchio and LaBarba to score to make it a 7-3 game
• Rutgers-Newark would keep control of the game, as in the fifth and sixth innings, they would combine for four runs on six hits to capture an 11-3 advantage
• A Busa single to left field brought home Flannery to score in the bottom half of the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough as Rutgers-Newark captured game one 11-4

Game two:

Key Players:

• Senior Julia Ruocchio was a perfect 3-3 at the plate with one double
• Junior Antonia Busa finished with one hit and two RBIs
• Kristen Tellier and Mariah Salvatto each contributed one hit and one run scored

How it happened:

• Both teams would remain scoreless through the first two innings, until the Raiders would score in the top of the third, when a single to right center brought one run in to score to make it a one-run game
• Rutgers-Newark again built on their lead in the following inning, securing five runs on five hits, highlighted by a two-RBI double to left center 
• SJLI's Salvatto led off the bottom of the fifth with a single to right field, followed by a Tellier bunt to reach first, setting up a Busa two-RBI single to right field to make it a four-run game (6-2)
• Rutgers-Newark claimed game two in the top of the sixth inning as they totaled seven runs on five hits, highlighted by a two-RBI home run to left field and a two-RBI double to left center as the Raiders took game two, 13-2

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