NEWARK, NJ – Rutgers-Newark sophomore Brianna Alicchio carried a shutout into the sixth inning of the opener, but Kean University posted a 4-1 and 11-0 doubleheader sweep in New Jersey Athletic Conference play on Alumni Field.

BOX SCORES & PLAY-BY-PLAY
Kean 4, Rutgers-Newark 1
Kean 11, Rutgers-Newark 0

The Scarlet Raiders (9-11, NJAC 0-3) totaled just seven hits against Cougar freshman pitchers Courtney Yard and Ashlee Gieger with no Rutgers-Newark player getting more than one hit in the twinbill.

IN THE OPENER, freshman shortstop Victoria Sovak, junior third baseman Monica Liotto and junior designated player Monica Bagan singled in the fourth inning to break up a no-hit bid by Yard (9-2) and plate the Raiders' lone run.   That staked the Raiders to a 1-0 lead which they would carry into the sixth.

Sophomore first baseman Gabby Spinella notched a 2-out single in the sixth for Rutgers-Newark's other hit.

Alicchio (5-4) scattered four singles while blanking the Cougars for five innings.  The Cougars knotted the score when rightfielder Megan Cegielski opened the sixth with a single and scored on a three-base throwing error.

A 2-run triple to right center field by senior shortstop Alicia Banz started the decisive 3-run
seventh for the Cougars.

IN THE NIGHTCAP, Kean piled up 11 runs on 11 hits and two Raider errors in the first two innings while Gieger (1-2) carried an abbreviated no-hitter into the fifth and final inning.

Freshman pinch hitter Tasharla Evans, pitcher Liane Drastal and sophomore pinch hitter AJ Affholterr loaded the bases with singles in the fifth before Gieger coaxed a fly ball to center field to end the game.

Drastal (4-7) struck out four and walked no one while yielding 13 hits.

Rutgers-Newark hosts The College of New Jersey at 2 p.m. on Wednesday on Alumni Field in a single game to complete Sunday's scheduled New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader.  The Lions took the opener, 11-0.