PHILADELPHIA – Center fielder Samantha Riabko (Haddon Twp., N.J./Haddon Twp.) had a first-inning lead-off double in game two of Philadelphia University softball's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) doubleheader against Concordia (N.Y.) Sunday afternoon to become the fourth player in program history to record 150 career hits. The Clippers took game one 3-1, and the Rams bounced back to win game two 5-3.

The Rams wrap up the regular season with an overall record of 25-14 and a CACC mark of 15-11. The 25 overall wins and the 15 conference wins both rank second in program history.

Philadelphia will be the seventh seed for the CACC Tournament that will get underway on Thursday, May 1 at Georgian Court University.

Concordia is now 8-21 overall, 7-17 against the conference.

GAME ONE
The Rams used small ball to jump out to a 1-0 second-inning lead. Third baseman Meghan Loughery started the inning with an infielder single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by first baseman Mollie Burrell. After a single by left fielder Shannon Weaver moved Loughery to third, right fielder Renee Karakera (Schaumsburg, Ill./Schaumburg) brought Loughery home with a RBI fielder's choice.

Concordia used a Kalya Luken sacrifice bunt and a Philadelphia error to tie the score in the fourth. With Victoria Vickerman on first with a walk, Luken laid down the bunt to move Vickerman to second. Vickerman ran to third as no Ram was covering the base. Second baseman Meaghan Lewis (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) threw the ball to third, still with no one there, to allow Vickerman to come home.

The Clippers used another error to score twice with two outs in the sixth and take a 3-1 lead. Carly Mertens hit a fly ball to right field which was dropped by Karakera. The drop brought home Caitlyn Callas and Vickerman.

Led by two-hit games from catcher Stephanie Martin, Loughery, and Weaver, Philadelphia outhit Concordia 9-3. Vickerman, Mertens, and Hannah Rubasky had one hit each for the Clippers.

Rubasky was the winning pitcher, allowing the one run on nine hits and striking out two in a complete-game win (6-7). Relief pitcher Kasia Smith (Waddell, Ariz./Estrella Foothills) gave up two unearned runs and two walks in one inning to take the loss (7-6).

GAME TWO
Philadelphia used Riabko's milestone double to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning. After Riabko advanced to third on a wild pitch, Lewis drove her in with a fly ball to center field.

First baseman Gabrielle Brown (Shillington, Pa./Governor Mifflin) doubled the advantage in the second with a double to center that brought Burrell, who singled one at-bat earlier, home from first to score the team's second run.

Concordia got both runs back in its half of the second thanks to RBI singles from Mertens and Amanda Ramirez.

Lewis allowed Philadelphia to regain the lead, 3-2, in the fourth with a RBI ground out. The Rams tacked on two more runs in the sixth on RBI base hits from Lewis and pitcher Samantha Abromavage (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Jefferson Twp.).

The Clippers cut the gap to 5-3 with a sixth-inning single by Mertens.

Lewis finished the game 1-for-3 with three RBIs. Left fielder Emma Haley (Jensen Beach, Fla./Jensen Beach) and Brown led the Rams' 12-hit attack with three hits each.

Alexa Lavalle and Martens recorded two hits for Concordia.

Abromavage earned the victory (6-2) with 5.1 innings of relief and scattered just five hits. She struck out four.

Callas took the loss (2-11), surrendering four runs on nine hits in five innings.