MORRISTOWN, N.J. – The Keystone College softball team dropped a 3-2 decision at St. Elizabeth University in game one on Monday afternoon in CSAC action.
Game two was halted in the top of the eighth inning with the score tied at 4-4, due to inclement weather and poor playing conditions. No makeup date has been announced yet.
With the loss, the Giants are now 12-10 (6-2 CSAC) and will travel to Wilson College (12-9-1, 4-2 CSAC) on Thursday, April 21 at 3 p.m. The Eagles improve to 11-6 (8-3 CSAC) and will host the College of Mount Saint Vincent (3-17) in non-conference action on Thursday.
Keystone and St. Elizabeth both sit atop the league standings currently, with .750 and .727 conference winning percentages, respectively.
CSAC standings can be found here.
Game One: SEU 3, Keystone 2
Keystone trailed 2-0 after the first but battled back to tie the contest at 2-2 in the third. The Eagles enjoyed a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh.
The Giants outhit the Eagles 7-5 as leadoff hitter Lexy Johnson (Newark, Del./Delaware Military Academy) collected two hits, including a triple in the third, later scoring on an RBI double by Brooke Staple (Carbondale, Pa./Carbondale Area).
Alyssa Booth (Holland, Pa./Council Rock North), Paige Mokychic (Beaumont, Pa./Tunkhannock Area), Jordan Frye (Cheltenham, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic), and Courtney Cienki (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) all tallied base knocks.
Cienki suffered the loss in the circle as the righty tossed 6.2 innings and allowed no earned runs, striking out a career-high 12 batters with four flyouts and four groundouts.
