JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Stockton University combined for 32 runs and 31 hits, aided by 13 errors in sweeping a New Jersey Athletic Conference softball doubleheader from New Jersey City University, 13-1 in six innings and 19-5, on April 16 at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
 
Stockton extended its winning streak to seven and improved to 21-7 overall (5-3 NJAC) as it hit four home runs—three in the second game. NJCU falls to 11-17 (0-10 NJAC, lost 12).
 
Game 1: Stockton University 13, New Jersey City University 1 (6 Innings)
Stockton scored two runs in each of the first three innings before enforcing the eight-run rule with a six-run sixth. The Ospreys had a 13-5 edge in hits and benefitted from five NJCU errors.
 
Stockton senior right-handed pitcher Samantha Shockey (Deptford, N.J/Deptford) struck out three Gothic Knights in four innings, improving to 9-4 overall and junior lefty Allyson Kuhn (Leesburg, Va.) struck out one in two innings of work. Shockey limited the Knights to three hits and one unearned run and Kuhn held NJCU to two hits.
 
Shockey helped herself by being the biggest bat for the Ospreys. She was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and sophomore left fielder Chelsea Thomas (Barrington, N.J./Haddon Heights) went 2-for-2 with three runs and a walk. Senior second baseman Gianna Cuffari (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) homered, batting 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a run scored. Sophomore catcher Alexa Massa (Moorestown, N.J/Moorestown) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs.
 
NJCU freshman righty Christina Mezey (Jersey City, N.J./Saint Dominic Academy) fell to 5-9. She walked three and struck out two in the loss. Junior first baseman Brittany Paulikas (Fords, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial) drove in NJCU's lone run (1-3).
 
Leading 7-1, Stockton put the game away with a two-run double by Massa in the sixth before Cuffari's three-run homer to left capped the frame.
 
Game 2: Stockton University 19, New Jersey City University 5 (7 innings)
The Ospreys hit three homers in the seventh inning and scored eight runs in a game where the visitors produced 18 hits and took advantage of eight NJCU errors. Stockton scored twice in the first inning and three runs in the second and third frames and two more in the fourth before NJCU notched five runs in the fourth inning to extend the game.


Stockton sophomore righty Hannah Bibeault (Hopatcong, N.J/Hopatcong) continued her undefeated season (5-0), striking out eight with no walks and limiting NJCU to one hit in 6.0 innings, leaving and reentering after a reliever allowed five runs.
 
Senior center fielder Nicole Tomo (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) knocked in four runs, batting 2-for-5, with her first homer and sophomore catcher Danielle Lugo (Vineland, N.J./Vineland) was 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs, homering for the second time this year.
 
Senior first baseman Catherine Wunder (Clinton, N.J./North Hunterdon) hit her third homer of the season, batting 2-for-2 with three runs, two RBIs and two walks. Thomas scored four times, going 3-for-5 with one RBI. Junior right fielder Holly Arentowicz (Roxbury, N.J./Roxbury) was 2-for-2 with three RBIs.
 
Only seven of the 19 runs were earned. Senior righty Jayla Lee Vega (Hoboken, N.J./Hoboken) took the loss (6-7).
 
Key Moments
Arentowicz put Stockton on the board in the first inning with a single to center and Massa added a sacrifice fly for an RBI. Thomas and Arentowicz doubled in the second inning; the second two-bagger plating two runs. Three more runs came in for the Ospreys in the third inning with a two RBI single making it 8-0. Two unearned runs in the fourth made it 10-0.
 
NJCU had six hits in the game with five in the fourth inning when it scored five runs. An RBI single by junior second baseman Brianna Rosario (Roselle, N.J./Abraham Clark) got NJCU on the board. Junior right fielder Jazz Randall (Parsippany, N.J./West Orange) singled in a run before a sacrifice fly by sophomore shortstop Cristina Otero (Jersey City, N.J./North Bergen) and a single by sophomore left fielder Juliana Squeo (Carlstadt, N.J./Becton Regional) cut the deficit in half (10-5).
 
Wunder homered in the sixth before the Ospreys chalked up eight runs in the seventh when NJCU committed four errors and 14 women came to the plate. Lugo homered to lead off the frame before Tomo later added a three-run shot.
 
#KnightNotes:

• All-Time Series with Stockton: The Ospreys lead the all-time series, 57-8, and has won the last 16 meetings.

 
What's Next?:
NJCU continues to face NJAC opponents as they take on William Paterson University in a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 19 in Wayne, N.J. starting at 3 p.m. The Pioneers lead the all-time series, 37-2, and have won the last 14 meetings since 2008.