Head Coach John Kelly's club dropped a pair of hard-fought games today in Lakewood, N.J. versus defending Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) champion Georgian Court University.

The Lions, currently ranked #16 in the country according to the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top 25 poll, took game one by a count of 3-2 in eight innings.  The Lady Rams jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first half inning, but were unable to plate another run.

Senior pitcher Jacque Curtis (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney) worked five and one-third innings of two-hit ball, striking out three and yielding just one run.  However, Georgian Court came back to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra frames, and then the homestanding Lions manufactured three consecutive base hits in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win.

In game two, again Philadelphia University opened up a lead, this time 1-0 through three and a half, but the Lions rallied for four in the fourth before tacking on an insurance run in the fifth to sweep the twinbill with a 5-1 win.

Senior left fielder and lead-off batter Maureen Keenan (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan; pictured) belted two singles and a double while scoring one run on the afternoon in the defeats.

The Lady Rams fall to 3-15 for the season and 1-5 in CACC play, and they look to get back on a winning track this Friday when they host Nyack College for a conference doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.