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Softball Swept by Robert Morris to Conclude 2016 Season

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MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - The Fairleigh Dickinson softball team conclude the 2016 season by losing both halves of a twin bill at Robert Morris on Sunday afternoon. 

The Knights' finish the season at 12-34 and 5-11 in Northeast Conference play. Robert Morris finishes the regular season at 20-31 and 10-6 in the NEC. 

The offense could not get going in either game of the doubleheader as the Knights were shutout of a doubleheader for the first time this season. As a team, the Knights has seven hits over the two games. 

Game 1 (Robert Morris 4, Fairleigh Dickinson 0)

Loren Stavrou (Long Beach, Calif./Wilson Classical) got the start for the third straight game for the Knights and kept the Colonials off the board through the first three frames. Kaitlin Ellzy -- the Robert Morris starter -- did the same. 

Both of the Knights' hits came in the second inning. Kellie Natham (Arcadia, Calif./Maranatha) singled to start the inning and Cheryl Lopez (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) singled but the Knights could not connect them and went scoreless in the frame. The Knights would only get one other baserunner in the game -- Courtney Slye (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley) walked in the fifth. 

The Colonials broke the scoreless game with a Hayley Stocks solo home run down the left-field line in the fourth inning. Stacey Capp and Lauren Hacket both scored in the fifth inning -- unearned runs -- to make it a 3-0 ball game. 

The final run of the game came on a double by Capp that scored one in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-0. 

Stavrou (4-15) took the loss after going six innings while giving up two earned runs and striking out three. Ellzy (12-12) went the distance allowed just the three baserunners and struck out four. 

Game Two (Robert Morris 3, Fairleigh Dickinson 0)

Robert Morris got a runner to third in the top of the first inning, however, Cheryl Lopez (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) was able to leave the runner there and get out of the inning. 

Madelaine Wilen (Bakersfield, Calif./Ridgeview) doubled in the top of the second and then moved to third on a wild pitch but was stranded there when Courtney Slye (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley) flew out to right. 

In the Robert Morris half of the second, the Colonials got the first two batters on and moved them to second and third with a sacrifice. Stacey Copp then doubled to right center to give the home side a 2-0 advantage. 

Fairleigh Dickinson got the first two batter aboard in the fifth. Two straight fielder's choices and a ground out ended the frame without a Knight run. 

Robert Morris added some insurance with an RBI single off the bat of Olivia Larusso in the home half of the fifth. 

Lopez (5-12) went the full six innings in the loss while giving up three runs, allowing eight hits and striking out one batter. Laura Coulter (4-8) pitched the complete game for the Colonials and allowed five hits and struck out two. 

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Players Mentioned

Cheryl  Lopez

#2 Cheryl Lopez

RHP/UTL
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Courtney Slye

#18 Courtney Slye

IF
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
Loren Stavrou

#48 Loren Stavrou

RHP
5' 6"
Senior
R/R
Madelaine Wilen

#4 Madelaine Wilen

C
5' 4"
Senior
R/R
Kellie Natham

#14 Kellie Natham

3B
5' 9"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Cheryl  Lopez

#2 Cheryl Lopez

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
RHP/UTL
Courtney Slye

#18 Courtney Slye

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
IF
Loren Stavrou

#48 Loren Stavrou

5' 6"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Madelaine Wilen

#4 Madelaine Wilen

5' 4"
Senior
R/R
C
Kellie Natham

#14 Kellie Natham

5' 9"
Freshman
R/R
3B
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