The Fairleigh Dickinson University softball team was swept at Wagner on Saturday, April 19, 8-4 and 12-4. The Knights fall to 8-21, including a 2-8 record in Northeast Conference play, while the Seahawks improve to 22-15 with a 9-3 mark in league action.

In the first game, the Knights took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Lindsay Glidden (Peachtree City, GA/Starr's Mill) lined a single through the left side and Kristen Coughlan (Mount Royal, NJ/Kingsway) singled. Maria Finnegan (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) used a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners. Justina Augustine (Geneva, NY/Geneva) singled to right center to plate two runs and give FDU the lead.

The Seahawks got a run back in the bottom of the third to make it a 2-1 game, but the Knights added a pair of runs in the fourth inning as Augustine pushed two runs across the plate.

Wagner made it a 4-2 game in the bottom half of the inning and came back to win the game with a six-run sixth inning.

Augustine and Glidden were each 2-for-3.

In the second game, Wagner broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the second inning. The Seahawks added two more in the third, one in the fourth, three in the seventh and two in the sixth.

The Knights' first three runs came in the first inning as Ali Keltos (Shelton, CT/Lauralton Hall) lined a single to center. Brittany Sheppard (Mahwah, NJ/Paramus Catholic) reached first on a fielding error. Lindsay Glidden (Peachtree City, GA/Starr's Mill) plated Keltos with a sacrifice fly. Kristen Coughlan (Mount Royal, NJ/Kingsway) doubled down the left field to score Hope Hilman (Bremerton, WA/Olympic) and Sheppard.

In the top of the sixth inning the Knights added a run as Maria Finnegan (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) doubled down the left field line scoring Coughlan.

Finnegan was 2-for-2 and Coughlan and Keltos were both 1-for-3.

“In the first game, we were in the game, 4-2, until we gave up six runs in the fifth inning,” said Head Coach Dale Martin. “In both games we jumped out to an early lead and that's a big positive. We hit the ball relatively well, but we need to be able to step up when the game is on the line and make big plays and that is going to be the difference. We need to be able to close the door instead of giving the other team opportunities.”