Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WILKES BARRE, Pa. – The FDU-Florham softball team dropped a doubleheader to King's College on Saturday afternoon. In game one, the Devils led 8-7 in the 11^th inning before the Lady Monarchs stole the game with a two-run, two-out single. The Lady Monarchs claimed game two 8-0 and knocked the Devils into the third seed for this week's Freedom Conference Tournament.

With the loss, the Devils (16-13, 9-5 Freedom) drop to the third spot in the Freedom Conference, while the Lady Monarchs (26-8, 10-4 Freedom) move up to the second seed. These two teams will square off again on Friday in the opening round of the Freedom tournament.

Game One
After two scoreless innings, the Devils got the bats going in the top of the third. With one on, senior Sarah Lima (Stanfordville, N.Y./Pine Plains) plated a run with a single to left center field. The next batter, sophomore catcher Wynne McCann (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area) launched her seventh home run of the season, which put the Devils in front 3-0.

However, the Lady Monarchs responded with a five-run home half of the third. King's recorded the damage with four run-scoring singles and a sacrifice fly.
FDU-Florham countered in the top of the sixth. Senior third baseman Kristie Crilley (South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield) knocked in a run with a double to center field and fellow senior Maggie Murphy scored Crilley with a single up the middle to cut the Lady Monarchs' lead to one.

The Devils evened the score in the top of the seventh on a run-scoring single by Crilley. The game remained tied until the top of the 10^th inning, when sophomore Jaclyn Herrington (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) drove McCann in with a sacrifice fly.

The Lady Monarchs tied the game in the bottom of the inning with an RBI-single by sophomore Amy Kowalczyk, which sent the contest into the 11^th.
Devils sophomore Nikki Caruso (Madison, N.J./Madison) put the Devils in front once again with a run-scoring single, unfortunately, King's senior Erin Beane ended the game with a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the inning to give the Lady Monarchs the victory.

Game Two
Game two of the doubleheader was all King's. the Lady Monarchs jumped on the Devils with three runs in the first frame and never looked back.
Senior Karissa Kross kept the Devils bats in check and limited FDU-Florham to just three hits in the game.

Next up for the Devils:
These two teams will battle again in the first round of the Freedom Conference Tournament on Friday, May 2^nd in Doylestown, Pa. with start time to be determined.