Caitlin McHenry	Shannon Stricker
Marisa Ciriello	Stephanie Romano

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

Photo gallery (courtesy of Dan Ceccacci)

JESSUP, Pa. – Senior right fielder Caitlin McHenry (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) had three hits and drove in four runs to lead The University of Scranton softball team to a 17-9 victory over Juniata College in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex. Juniata rallied to win the second game, 7-5.

McHenry singled, doubled and ripped a two-run home run, then was honored in between games as the Royals lone senior on Senior Day. Her blast got the Royals (6-13, 2-4 Landmark) started in a four-run fifth inning that put the game away.

Scranton also received three hits, four runs and an RBI from freshman shortstop Shannon Stricker (Morrisville, Pa./Conwell Egan), two singles, a double, two runs and two RBIs from freshman third baseman Marisa Ciriello (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) and two singles, a double, two runs and an RBI from junior second baseman Stephanie Romano (Oak Ridge, N.J./West Milford).

Freshman first baseman Kaitlin O'Sullivan (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy) added a two-run home run in a seven run second inning.

In the second game, Scranton took a 5-3 lead with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, but Juniata (4-21, 1-5 Landmark) scored four times in the top of the seventh to take the victory.

Scranton received three hits, two RBIs and a run from freshman left fielder Christine Kiefer (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh), three hits from freshman catcher Jacqueline DeSarro (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) and two hits, a run and an RBI from freshman designated player Angelica Titor (Bellerose Village, N.Y./Floral Park Memorial). Freshman third baseman Jamie SanFilippo (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan Wagner) came off the bench to deliver and RBI single and score a run.

The Royals are back in action on Sunday when they travel to Selinsgrove for a Landmark Conference doubleheader against Susquehanna beginning at 1 p.m. 

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