PHILADELPHIA – The Thomas Jefferson University softball team (8-7, 2-2) competed against Bloomfield College of Montclair State University (5-11, 2-2), in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action, where they split the series with the Bears. The Rams won game one 4-1, but fell in five innings 11-2.
 
WHAT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: W, 4-1
Bloomfield got on the board first as a double to center field gave the Bears a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Rams would only get to second base in the first four innings, unable to tie it with Bloomfield. Jefferson eventually broke that stigma as a double by Remy Smith brought Rozalee Negron to homeplate, giving the Rams the run and a 1-1 tie.
 
Jefferson produced three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Claudia Alldred hit a single to the middle that allowed Bridget Shields to homeplate and a Jefferson lead. Alldred was returned the favor by a error from a Cayla Kalani hit, sending her home and making it a 3-1 game. Negron delivered a single to center field, putting Kalani at homeplate and established a 4-1 Rams lead. Bloomfield had runners on second and third, but a flyout to right field ended the game in a Jefferson victory.
 
QUICK HITS
Rozalee Negron: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI
Bridget Shields: 1-for-3, 1 R
Claudia Alldred: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
Gianna DeLorenzo: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 SO
 
GAME TWO: L, 11-2 (FIVE INNINGS)
The Bears started the second game with runs in the first inning, this time a three run homerun for Bloomfield. They would have a second run off a Rams error in the second to get ahead 4-0. The Rams responded with a two-run single to shortstop by Kalani, getting the score to 4-2.
 
Bloomfield would not be stopped as they scored in all five innings: one run in the third from a wild pitch, two in the fourth from a sacrifice flyout and a single to shortstop, and four in the fifth off three singles and a pass ball to make it 11-2, concluding the day for Jefferson in their CACC doubleheader.
 
QUICK HITS
Ellie Egher: 1-for-1, 1 R
Annie Eliason: 2-for-2, 1 R
Cayla Kalani: 1-for-2, 2 RBI
Annabella Zito: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 SO
Jordan Diering: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 1 SO
 
UP NEXT
Jefferson will head on the road as they travel to Waterbury, Conneticut when they take on Post University in CACC action on Saturday, March 23 with the first game beginning at 1 p.m.