HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (Mar. 22, 2016)- Sophomores Carolyn Clites (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. / Hasbrouck Heights) and Sammie Darling (Succasunna, N.J. / Roxbury) each recorded a run batted in, as the Centenary College softball team was swept by the No. 24 Cougars of Kean University on Tuesday afternoon. Kean improves to 7-9 overall, while Centenary falls to 0-7.

Kean 19, Centenary 1 (5 Inn.)
The Cougars scored 19 runs on 17 hits in a mercy rule game. Kean led 7-0 in the third, when Clites doubled to left field to score fellow classmate Ashley Eisenstein (Freehold, N.J. / Freehold Township). Kean wasn't done yet, as in the fifth they scored 12 runs on eight hits including a three run homer by Dana Knapp.

Knapp went 3-for-5 with five RBI's and three runs scored, while Amanda Berezny went 4-for-5 with three RBI's and two runs scored.  Eisenstein and junior Becca Raymond (Long Valley, N.J. / West Morris Central) were the only other Cyclones to record a hit in the game.

Kean 9, Centenary 1  
The Cyclones scattered seven hits with only one run. Kean scored seven runs over the first three innings, before Centenary got on the scoreboard. Junior Kylie Morgan-Polefka (Wharton, N.J. / Boonton) started off with a single through the left side and then advanced to third on a throwing error. Darling stepped to the plate and smacked an RBI single to score Morgan-Polefka.

Morgan-Polefka went 1-for-2 with a run scored, while junior Jamie Weingarten (Kendall Park, N.J. / South Brunswick) and sophomore Raychel Piserchia (Lyndhurst, N.J. / Queen of Peace) each posted a hit. Emily Sabo went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI's, while Knapp finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI.

Head Coach Kim Broking and the Cyclones will return to action in Montclair, N.J. on Thursday, Mar. 24 against the Red Hawks of Montclair State University in a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.