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MAHWAH, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University loaded the bases in the top of the seventh inning with one out in game two but couldn't get the tying or go-ahead runs home as Ramapo College held on to sweep a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader from the Gothic Knights, 4-3 in game two and 10-0 (5 innings) in the opener on April 23 at the Ramapo Athletic Center.
 
With the sweep, Ramapo improves to 17-15 and 7-9 in the NJAC while NJCU (13-22, 2-14 NJAC) dropped its third straight game. Ramapo leads the all-time series, 47-14, and has won the last 22 meetings.
 
In defeat, sophomore left fielder TAYLOR SETAR (Carteret, NJ/Carteret) was 2-for-3 with her second career home run in game two and junior catcher MARISSA BARISO (Hewitt, NJ/West Milford) was 3-for-5 with one RBI for the day. Senior third baseman REBECCA SATZ (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) had a double in each game, giving her 49 for her career.
  In game one, Ramapo scored five runs in the opening inning and three more in the second before adding a pair of runs in the third. NJCU was limited to four hits and committed two errors in the loss.
 
For the Roadrunners, junior righty Harley Masiello (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) picked up the win (8-8), tossing a four-hit, 72-pitch shutout with two strikeouts and one walk.  
Bariso, Satz, junior outfielder CASEY PEREZ (West New York, NJ/Academy of the Holy Angels) and freshman outfielder THALIA GARCIA (Ridgefield, NJ/North Bergen) each had one hit for NJCU.
 
Offensively for Ramapo, senior designated hitter Lisa Orlando (Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) paced the hosts with three RBIs and two runs in a 2-for-3 effort.  Sophomore right fielder Taylor Boffalo (Paramus, NJ/Paramus) was 2-for-3 with two RBIs while junior left fielder Caitlin Smith (Hawthorne, NJ/Hawthorne) scored twice while batting 2-for-3.
 
Senior shortstop Kelsey Higgins (Wall, NJ/Wall) batted 3-for-3 with one RBI and one run, rookie catcher Melissa Moreno (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) was 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI and sophomore center fielder Jaclyn Lima (Linden, NJ/Linden) scored twice. Senior first baseman Janet Brown (Point Pleasant, NJ/Point Pleasant Boro) and senior second baseman Amanda Kent (Sparta, NJ/Pope John XXII) each added one RBI for the Roadrunners.
 
Senior righty ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (Wood-Ridge, NJ/Immaculate Conception) suffered the loss (13-20), scattering 11 hits against 10 runs (eight earned) with four walks in 4.0 innings.
 
In the first, Ramapo scored five times on four hits. Lima walked and scored on an RBI single by Smith before Orlando lifted her fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot, for a 3-0 advantage. Moreno walked, Higgins and Boffalo singled and a bases-loaded walk to Brown made it 4-0. Kent pushed across the fifth run with a sac fly.
 
The Roadrunners would score three runs in the second on four hits. A leadoff single by sophomore third baseman Kim LaPenta (Rockaway, NJ/Butler) and a walk to Orlando put two runners on before Moreno singled to make it 6-0. Boffalo followed with a two-run single to center to extend the lead to 8-0. Two NJCU errors contributed to Ramapo scoring twice in the third with a sac fly by Orlando and an RBI single by Higgins knocking in the runs. NJCU had just two hits after the first inning. In game two, NJCU scored single runs in the first and second innings for a 2-0 advantage before Ramapo struck twice in the bottom of the second to tie it, and grabbed a 4-2 cushion with single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.
 
In the top of the seventh, Setar led off, swinging at the first pitch, and launching her second homer of the year over the fence to make it a one-run game. After a strikeout, junior second baseman MAXINE KAMINSKI (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) walked, Satz laced her 49^th double to center and Bariso was intentionally walked. But junior shortstop GABRIELLE RIVERA (Teaneck, NJ/Saint Joseph of the Palisades) lined out to second and rookie first baseman FAITH ELY (Vienna, NJ/Hackettstown) struck out on six pitches to end the game.
 
In defeat, Setar was 2-for-3 with the homer. Perez scored once in a 2-for-4 effort and Bariso was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Freshman designated hitter STEPHANIE MURPHY (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) drove in one run while Rivera scored the other Gothic Knight run.
 
O'Beirne fell to 13-21 on the season with the nightcap loss as she allowed four runs and 13 hits, with five strikeouts and one walk in 6.0 innings.
 
Junior lefty Nicole Schneider (Hillsdale, NJ/Pascack Valley) earned the win for the Roadrunners (8-7). In 7.0 innings, she allowed three runs and eight hits while striking out five batters and walking two.
 
Offensively, Smith had another strong performance for Ramapo as she finished with two RBIs and one run in a 1-for-2 effort and Kent was 2-for-3 with a run and RBI. Lima batted 2-for-4 with a run and RBI and Orlando was 2-for-4 while Brown contributed a 2-for-3 effort. Rookie third baseman Hannah Mucerino (Whippany, NJ/Whippany Park) scored the other Roadrunner run.
 
NJCU got on the scoreboard in the first as Perez singled, advanced to third on a pair of ground outs and scored on a Bariso single to left field. In the second, the Gothic Knights built a 2-0 lead as Murphy reached on a fielder's choice that knocked in Rivera, who had been hit by a pitch before moving to third on a sacrifice and wild pitch.
 
Ramapo responded with two runs on three hits in the bottom of the second to tie the game at 2-2. With two outs Mucerino, the younger sister of former NJCU standout JESS MUCERINO, doubled and scored on an RBI single by Kent. An infield RBI single by Lima made it a 2-2 ball game.
 
In the fifth, Smith led off with a solo homer—her second of the season—to give Ramapo a 3-2 lead. The Roadrunners added what proved to be the winning run in the sixth. With one out Lima singled, stole second, moved to third on a Moreno single and scored on a sacrifice fly from Smith.
 
NJCU will attempt to shake off the losses on Thursday, April 25 when they travel to Madison, NJ for a non-conference doubleheader against FDU-Florham at 3 p.m.

Game 1: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | Mahwah, NJ
New Jersey City University (13-21, 2-13 NJAC)		0		0		0		0		0		X	X		-		-		0		4		2
Ramapo College (16-15, 6-9 NJAC)		5		3		2		0		X		X	X		-		-		10		11		0
WP: Harley Masiello (8-8).  LP: Ashley O'Beirne (13-20).  HR: R- Lisa Orlando (4).
Game 2: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | Mahwah, NJ
New Jersey City University (13-22, 2-14 NJAC)	1		1		0		0		0		0			1		-		-		3		8		0
Ramapo College (17-15, 7-9 NJAC)	0		2		0		0		1		1			X		-		-		4		13		2
WP: Nicole Schneider (8-7).  LP: ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (13-21).  HR: N-TAYLOR SETAR (2); R-Caitlin Smith (2).