Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The FDU-Florham softball team earned a split with College of Staten Island (18-15) on Saturday afternoon at the CSI Softball Complex.

The Devils (17-14) dropped game one 6-5 but rallied to earn the game two victory 7-6 as they wrap up regular-season play.

Game One
The Devils jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, thanks to an RBI-single by senior Sarah Lima (Stanfordville, N.Y./Pine Plains) but Dolphins freshman Jacqueline Cautela  answered with a solo blast in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at 1-1.

In the home half of the second, Cautela tripled in another run and Staten Island led 3-1 after two innings of play. Trailing 4-2, senior Toni-ann Canova (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea) laced a double and then scored on a single by junior first baseman Christina Legotti (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage).

With two on in the top of the sixth, sophomore Nikki Caruso (Madison, N.J./Madison) cleared the bases with a fly ball to right field that was misplayed by the Dolphins. The error resulted in a 5-4 lead for FDU-Florham.

Unfortunately, the Devils were unable to hold the lead and in the bottom of the seventh, Staten Island sophomore Chyanne Gilliam plated the go ahead runs with a walk-off single.

Senior left fielder Brittni Wurst (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) led the Devils in game one and went 2-for-3 with three runs scored in the loss.

Game Two
FDU-Florham's offense was in full gear in the second game of the doubleheader. In the top of the second inning, Legotti, Caruso, and Lima plated four runs with singles, which gave the Devils a 4-0 lead.

In the fourth, the Devils enhanced their lead thanks to an error by the Dolphins and a run-scoring double by sophomore Wynne McCann (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown Area). However, the Dolphins would rally back and make a game of it.

Trailing 7-0, Staten Island totaled six runs on five hits in the fifth inning to cut the deficit to one but FDU-Florham starter Amanda Finn (Massapequa, N.Y./Saint Dominic) settled in and pitched around a lead-off single in the seventh to preserve the victory for the Devils.

Lima pacd the Devils attack in game two by going 3-for-4 with two RBI and one run, while McCann added two hits and an RBI in the win.

Next up for the Devils:
FDU-Florham takes on King's College in the first round of the Freedom Conference Tournament, this Friday May 2^nd, with first pitch slated for 1:00 p.m. in Doylestown, Pa.