Box Score (Anderson) 
Box Score (St. Norbert) 

KISSIMMEE, FLA. – The William Paterson softball team (5-3) suffered a pair of losses March 17 at the Rebel Spring Games, dropping a 7-6 decision to Anderson and a 1-0 final to St. Norbert.

GAME ONE
Ahead 6-4 heading into the top of the seventh, the Pioneers could not hold off Anderson in William Paterson's first game of the day.

The Ravens scored a single run during their first at-bat, but WP answered with a Jenna Vitale (Kenilworth, N.J./David Brearley) two-run single during the home half of the inning. The Pioneers tacked on three more in the second, two of them crossing the plate thanks to Anderson errors, for a 5-1 lead.

A two-run, third-inning single pulled the Ravens within two, 5-3, and two singles, a passed ball and an error handed Anderson a single run in the fourth.

Vitale led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to make it a 6-4 score, but Anderson pulled ahead after three straight singles and a triple, knocking in three runners in the top of the seventh for a 7-6 lead. William Paterson had runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the frame, but a flyout and groundout ended the Pioneers' chances.

Vitale was 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Senior Christina Zippler (Blackwood, N.J./Washington Twp.) and sophomore Raquel Roder (Hoboken, N.J./Hoboken) each contributed two hits and two runs scored. Freshman Kelsey Hand (Mountainville, N.Y./Cornwall Central) started inside the circle, allowing six hits and three runs in 2.1 innings. Classmate Jaclyn Masterson (Park Ridge, N.J./Park Ridge) pitched 1.2 innings and surrendered one unearned run on two hits, and sophomore Michele Graham (Hawthorne, N.J./Hawthorne) took the loss (2-2), giving up three runs and six hits in 3.0 innings.

GAME TWO
St. Norbert produced the game's lone run in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 1-0 final. The Pioneers had chances to score, getting runners to third base in the third, fifth and seventh innings, but could not safely get any of them across home plate. St. Norbert finally broke the ice after a leadoff double, sacrifice and single to end the game.

Freshman Kaitlyn Brock (Paramus, N.J./Paramus) was 2-for-2 at the plate and junior Lindsey Nadolny (Belford N.J./Middletown North) was 2-for-3. Graham pitched the complete game (2-3), surrendering 11 hits while striking out seven.

The Pioneers will finish play at the Rebel Spring Games Friday, March 19, facing Simpson at 3:00 p.m. and No. 22 Illinois Wesleyan at 5:00 p.m.