SCRANTON, Pa. – The University of Scranton softball team (18-14) tossed a pair of shutouts en route to a doubleheader sweep of the Centenary (NJ) Cyclones (20-11) in non-conference action on Tuesday at Magis Field in Scranton.

The Royals took game one by a score of 1-0 and then cruised to a 10-0 victory in five innings in game two to complete the sweep.

Scranton 1, Centenary (NJ) 0

Freshman Juliana Janezic (Southington, Conn./Cheshire Academy) fired a complete game shutout and the Royals scored the lone run of the contest in the fifth inning to secure the victory.

Janezic scattered seven hits while fanning a pair in her complete game effort to notch her third shutout of the season.

In the bottom of the fifth, senior Jessica Stadler (Monmouth Junction, N.J./South Brunswick) reached with a one-out single, went to second on a walk and scored on sophomore Emmie Feltenberger's (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) go-ahead RBI single.

Jaelynn Miller was dealt the loss for the Cyclones after allowing a run on six hits to go along with two walks and 14 strikeouts in 6.0 IP.

Feltenberger (2-3, RBI) and Stadler (3-3, 2B, R) both tallied multi-hit games for the Royals.

Scranton 10, Centenary (NJ) 0

The Royals scored in each of the first three innings with two in the first, three in the second and five in the third en route to the 10-0 win.

In the circle, junior Emma Tirollo (Orange, Conn./Amity Regional) gave up five hits and struck out two over five scoreless innings to record the shutout for the Royals.

A Centenary (NJ) error allowed two runs to score in the first inning and Feltenberger drove home a pair with a two-run double in the second inning that stretched the lead to 5-0.

Sophomore Samantha Shaw (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) and freshman Ellyn Cervona (Mine Hill, N.J./Dover) each plated runs with RBI singles and fellow freshman Celia Totaro (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) added a two-run single of her own as part of the five-run third inning.

Freshman Lainey Lacey (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) led the way for Scranton offensively with two hits and a run scored in the victory.

Julia Campen took the loss for the Cyclones after allowing 10 runs (six earned) on eight hits to go along with two walks and two strikeouts in 3.0+ IP of work.

The Royals will host Lebanon Valley in a non-conference doubleheader tomorrow afternoon at Magis Field with first pitch of game one slated for 3 p.m.

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