Stephanie Romano	Gabrielle Santarelli	Caitlin McHenry

Box score (game one)
Box score (game two)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The University of Scranton softball team dropped a pair of games against Moravian College, 8-0 and 12-4, in Landmark Conference play on Saturday afternoon at Blue & Grey Field. 

In the opener, the Royals (8-9, 3-3 Landmark) managed just one hit while falling in five innings. Sophomore shortstop Stephanie Romano (Oak Ridge, N.J./West Milford) had the lone hit, a single in the top of the first inning.

Moravian (26-6, 4-2 Landmark) scored a run in the second and six in the third to break the game open. 

In the second game, the Royals took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Romano scored on an RBI single by senior first baseman Jamie Shackles (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower). The Greyhounds tied it up with a run in the bottom half before Scranton took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second when Romano singled in sophomore center fielder Gabrielle Santarelli (Peckville, Pa./Valley View), who had doubled.

But Moravian bounced right back with three runs in the bottom of the second and two more in the third to take a 6-2 lead. Scranton cut the deficit to 6-4 in the fourth when Santarelli singled with one out and junior designated player Caitlin McHenry (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) hit a two-run homer two batters later. 

The game stayed that way til the bottom of the fifth when the Greyhounds scored five times to break the game open. They scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to end it due to the eight-run rule.

Santarelli, Romano, McHenry and senior infielder Kristen Williams (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe Woodbury) had two hits apiece in the second game for the Royals. 

Scranton is back in action on Thursday, April 18, when it hosts PSU-Hazleton in a doubleheader at 5 p.m. at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex.

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