(11/3/06) Centenary College would like to congratulate senior softball player Jennifer Vail for being named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Scholar-Athlete for the 2005-06 school year. 

Jen is a two sport athlete at the school, playing volleyball as well as softball.  Last spring, Jen had the second highest fielding percentage on the team with .965.  A native of New Providence, New Jersey, Jen is majoring in communications and has a commendable GPA of 3.2.  

 

 

 

(04/27/06) Hackettstown, NJ -- Earlier this afternoon, the Centenary women's Softball team finalized their Skyline Conference schedule when they faced and beat Old Westbury 7-5.

In the first game, both teams stood scoreless throughout the first two innings.  The Lady Panthers would take a 1-0 lead in the third as Shanelle Brown (Riverhead, NY) hit an RBI single.  Centenary came right back and scored with an RBI triple by Lauren Cassoff (Manahawkin, NJ / Southern Regional) to tie the game.  In the fourth, the Lady Panthers would take back the lead when Kelly Fegan (New Rochelle, NY) singled and was eventually brought around to score.  Trailing behind once again, the lady cyclones stepped up to the plate and drove in five runs as they notched four hits.

Singles from Heather Rolandelli (Cedar Grove, NJ / Cedar Grove), Michelle Henderson (Lakewood, NJ / Lakewood), Jessa Jones (South Plainfield, NJ / South Plainfield) and Stephanie Burrini (Randolph, NJ / Randolph) all contributed to put Centenary ahead with a commanding 5-2 lead.  Old Westbury would not go away as they would chip away to get back three runs late in the game from an RBI triple by Traci Weeks (Bronx, NY) and double by Nihal Boz (Brooklyn, NY).  Despite Old Westbury's efforts, Centenary still came out on top as they closed out the game 7-5.
 
In game two, a similar start from the first game, where both teams were scoreless throughout the first three innings.  In the fourth inning, Centenary took first lead as Keiko Okabe (Kanagawa - Ken, Japan / Schichirigahama) who went 3-for-3 on the day, doubled to left field and was moved over by a single from Jolyn Veres (Denville, NJ / Morris Knolls).  Okabe would score from an RBI SAC fly to right field by Lauren Cassoff as Veres would score from an error on the defense which gave Centenary a 2-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth, Old Westbury managed to get back one run as Lindsey Amato (North Babylon, NY) hit an RBI single with two outs to head into the fifth, trailing 2-1.

After a scoreless fifth inning for both teams, Old Westbury took the lead after capitalizing on errors made by the defense and notching three hits to score four runs and be on top 5-2.  Brown who hit a two RBI single to right field and Katora Russell (East Hampton, NY) with a single, Amato and Jen Ragone (N. Massapequa, NY) with a single all contributed in gaining of the lead.  Centenary, facing a 5-2 deficit, was able to chip away and get back two runs as Jen Vail (New Providence, NJ / New Providence) single and eventually scored on errors made by the defense.  Rolandelli reached on an error and brought around to score by an RBI single from Jenna Wendolowski (Jersey City, NJ / Holy Family Academy).  Despite the effort, the Lady Cyclones were not able to produce in the bottom of the seventh as the Lady Panthers of Old Westbury held on to win 5-4.
 
Today's split gives Centenary a 13-20 overall record and 8-8 in the Skyline Conference as Old Westbury improves to 13-15overall and 4-10 in the Skyline.

(04/26/06) --- The Centenary women's softball team swept a doubleheader from Maritime College on Wednesday afternoon, evening their conference record at 7-7.  The Lady Cyclones scored 25 runs on 23 hits over the two games, in route to the 14-0 and 11-1 victories.

Sophomore Lauren Cassoff led the offensive attack, going 4-for-8 with seven RBI's, three runs scored, and a double.  Jenna Wendolowski added three hits, including an RBI and two runs scored, while Stephanie Burrini went 3-for-5 with a runs scored.

Freshman pitcher Michelle Hendry notched both wins, improving to 10-10 on the year.  Hendry allowed just five hits in the combined nine innings of work, along with striking out six and walking only one.

The pair of victories keep the playoff hopes alive for the Lady Cyclones, who currently sit in the fourth spot among the Skyline standings.  The women will play their final conference doubleheader of the year on Thursday afternoon, when they host Old Westbury at 2pm.

(04/17/06) Madison, NJ --- The Centenary team traveled to Madison, NJ on Tuesday afternoon for a non-conference doubleheader with the College of St. Elizabeth.  In game 1 the Lady Cyclones jumped out to an early lead scoring six times in the top of the second inning.  Freshman Jenna Wendolowski lead of the second with her first homerun of the season tying the at 1-1.  From there Centenary scored a run on a CSE fielding error, an RBI groundout by Jolyn Veres, and an RBI single by Megan Doucette.  The final three runs came on the second homer of the inning, this one off the bat of Jessa Jones, which brought in Lauren Casoff and Doucette.  The big inning was enough for Centenary starter Michelle Hendry who went all seven innings, allowing just two runs while scattering 11 hits.  Hendry also struck out two while walking no one.

Game 2 proved to be a different scenario for the Lady Cyclones.  Once again the Centenary women fell behind at the start, this time trailing 3-1 through three innings.  In the fourth, the visitors again used a big inning to push in their favor.  A leadoff double by Megan Doucette, followed by back-to-back singles from Michelle Henderson and Heather Rolandelli brought Centenary to within a run.  Laura Kymer then cleared the bases with a one-out double and later scored on a single by Jolyn Veres, giving the Lady Cyclones a 5-3 advantage.  This time however the cushion was not enough as CSE turned around and put three runs of their own on the board in the bottom of the inning, taking the lead back 6-5.  The host Eagles would tack on one insurance run in the fifth, en route to the 7-5 victory over the Lady Cyclones.

In the two games for Centenary Laura Kymer went 3-for-8, with a double, a triple, three RBI's and three runs scored.  Teammate Jessa Jones was 3-for-3 with a homerun and three RBI's, while Michelle Henderson went 3-for-7 with a run scored.  Pitcher Michelle Hendry improved to 8-8 with the victory in the first game, while the team goes to 10-15 overall with the split.

(04/14/06) Hackettstown, NJ --- Earlier this afternoon, the Centenary women's softball team faced Skyline Conference opponent, St. Joseph's - Patchogue in a doubleheader and lost 8-0 and 5-3.

In the first game, both teams remained scoreless until Patchogue went on a two-out rally in the top of the third inning banging out four hits and scoring two runs.  Adrienne Postiglione (Centereach, NY / Centereach) who went 2-for-4, singled to left field and would score on back to back doubles from Michelle Nardella (Islip Terrace, NY / St. John Baptist) and Jennifer Martinez (Bay Shore , NY / Bellport).  With Centenary still scoreless, Patchogue would connect with five hits driving in five runs in the fifth inning.  Martinez hit a two-run homerun ending the game going 3-for-4 with four RBI's and Kristen Mercado (Islip, NY / St. John the Baptist) chipping in with a three RBI double to extend the lead to 7-0.

The Lady Golden Eagles would get one more run in the sixth inning to end the game early.  Centenary's bats never came alive as Martinez would strikeout 13 out of 21 batters faced allowing only one hit and closing the game out at 8-0.

In game two, Patchogue quickly took the lead scoring runs in the first inning with an RBI single from Kaitlyn Schamberger (Levittown, NY / Island Trees) and Nardella who scored on an error.  The Lady Cyclones would take back one run in the bottom of the first as Jolyn Veres (Denville, NJ / Morris Knolls) would single and eventually score on an error.  In the fifth inning, Schamberger who ended the day going 2-for-3 with three RBI's, would extend their lead to 5-1 with a two RBI single.  Schamberger came around to score from an RBI single by Elyse Quirk (Brookhaven, NY / Bellport) who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Centenary would go on out a two-out rally to score two runs. Megan Doucette (Mayette, NJ / Southern Regional) singled and was brought around to score as well as Jenna Wendolowski (Jersey City, NJ / Holy Family Academy) who scored on errors made by the defense.  Martinez would end the day with 20 total strikeouts to increase her total to 132 total strikeouts on the season. Due to the rain, the game was called by the officials with an ending score of 5-3.

Today's win improves St. Joseph's - Patchogue to 13-5 overall and 9-1 in the Skyline Conference as Centenary drops to 9-12 overall and 5-3 in the Skyline Conference.  The Lady Cyclones will be back in action Saturday April 15th versus Manhattanville College in Hackettstown, NJ.

(04/12/06) Hillside, NJ --- The Lady Cyclones improved their Skyline Conference record to 5-1, by taking two games from Mount Saint Vincent on Wednesday afternoon.

Centenary banged out eight hits in Game 1 en route to a 3-1 victory.  Centenary's leading hitter, Jessa Jones, was 3-for-4 in the opening game to add to her season average.  Centenary catcher Megan Doucette had the big hit a solo homerun in the top of the 7th inning to help put the game away.  In the night cap, both teams received a dominant pitching performance from each of their hurlers.  Centenary's Michelle Hendry out-dueled MSV's Krista Roberts, notching her second victory of the day.  Hendry went all seven innings, allowing just five hits and striking out one.

Lady Cyclones freshman Jolyn Veres provided the offensive spark with two hits and run scored.  Centenary took the lead in the top of the first, when Jenna Wendolowski drove in Veres on an RBI groundout.  The visitors then added a second run in the fifth inning when Laura Kymer ripped an RBI double scoring Steph Bickel.

The Lady Cyclones will be in action again this Friday at 3:00 pm when they play host to St. Joseph's- Patchogue on Tannery Field.

(04/06/06) Hillside, NJ --- Strong pitching by Maryelise Gierke (Glen Gardner, N.J.) and a solo home run by Michelle Baiera (East Brunswick, N.J) keyed Kean University to an 8-0, six-inning victory over Centenary College in non-league softball action this afternoon at Kean.

Jasmyne Vargas (Carteret, N.J.) scored on a sacrifice fly by Johanna Hedler (South Plainfield, N.J.) in the bottom of the third inning, before Jesse Buchanan (Wallington, N.J.) scored on a single to left field by Chrissy DeCorso (South River, N.J.) to make it 2-0.

In the sixth, after Katy McManus (Edison, N.J.) raced home on a passed ball, Baiera homered to left-center field, just beyond the reach of Centenary leftfielder Stephanie Bickell (Brick, N.J.), to extend the Cougar lead to 4-0. Buchanan added an RBI double four batters later, before a Hedler double to left brought in two more runners, making it 7-0. Hedler then scored on a DeCorso single to end the game at 8-0.

Gierke struck out five en route to the shutout, pushing Kean to 12-9 on the season. Centenary dropped to 5-9. Michelle Hendry (Dover, N.J.) absorbed the loss for the Lady Cyclones.

In game two, the speed of Kean University’s Reem Saadeh (East Brunswick, N.J.) allowed her to score on a short bunt single by Johanna Hedler (South Plainfield, N.J.) in the bottom of the third inning, giving the Cougars their first run of the game, while pitcher Kristen Hennings (Jackson, N.J.) made it stand up, blanking the Lady Cyclones of Centenary College in the back end of a non-league softball doubleheader this afternoon at Kean.

A three-run triple to right-center field by Kara Schultz (Clinton, N.J.) later in the third broke the game open for the Cougars, who extended their lead to 5-0. The next inning, Hedler, who scored on the Schultz blast, scored again on a play at the plate after a grounder by Chrissy DeCorso (South River, N.J.), to make it 6-0.
Hennings helped her own cause in the fifth, doubling to left-center field, before stealing second. She scored two batters later on a short bloop single just over the first-base bag by Hedler, who was then driven in on a deep double by DeCorso to end the game at 8-0.

Hennings earned the five-inning shutout to move the Cougars to 13-9 on the year, while Megan Doucette (Mayetta, N.J.) took the loss for the Lady Cyclones, who fell to 5-10.

(04/2/06) Hackettstown, NJ --- Earlier this afternoon, the Centenary women's softball team faced beat Farmingdale State University with the same score of 7-3 in both games.
 
In the first game, Centenary capitalized on errors made by the Farmingdale defense in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring three runs. Jenna Wendolowski (Jersey City, NJ / Holy Family Academy) and Stephanie Bickel (Brick, NJ / Manasquan) would reach on fielding errors and would eventually come around to score on Laura Kymer's (Hamburg / Wallkill Valley Regional) RBI single and Keiko Okabe's (Kanagawa - Ken, Japan / Schichirigahama) reach to 1st on a error.

The Lady Rams would remain scoreless until the top of the sixth where solid hits drove in three runs to tie the game at three a piece.

Farmingdale's, Devan Weber (Huntingdon, NY / Huntingdon) and Ryan Woodwiss (Levittown, NY) hit back to back singles and were drove in with a two RBI double by Kristen Dawes (Babylon, NY / Babylon).  Dawes would eventually come around to score due to an error on the field.  Centenary feeling the pressure brought on by the Lady Rams, answered back with five singles that drove in four runs by Bickel, Heather Rolandelli (Cedar Grove, NJ / Cedar Grove), Okabe, Michelle Henderson (Lakewood, NJ / Lakewood) and Jessa Jones (South Plainfield, NJ / South Plainfield) to close out the game at 7-3.
     
In game two, a similar scenario went on as the Lady cyclones again scored first as Megan Doucette (Mayette, NJ / Southern Regional) hit an RBI double to put the lady cyclones on top   1-0.  In the second, singles from Bickel, Okabe and Jolyn Veres (Denville, NJ / Morris Knolls) gave Centenary a 2-0 lead.
 
Farmingdale would eventually tie the game in the fourth with a two RBI triple by Gina Moscato (Hicksville, NY / Hicksville) who went 2-for-4.  Centenary feeling the pressure again, answered back scoring five runs on a two-out rally.  Henderson singled and would score on Doucette's second RBI double of the game.  Jones would then hit a 2 RBI homerun to left center and Wendolowski would single to right and come around to score on a throwing error.  Jones ended the day going a combined 5-for-6 with three RBI's and one run scored.  Farmingdale would score one more run late in the game but was not enough as Centenary moved on to win the second game 7-3.
 
Today's win improves Centenary's overall record to 5-8 and 3-1 in the Skyline Conference as

(03/29/06) Hackettstown, NJ --- The Centenary Softball team dropped two games this afternoon to the visiting Devils of FDU-Florham, losing 3-0 in the opener and then 11-5 in the night cap.

In the afternoon's first game, FDU's Julie Hartnett (Riverton, NJ / Palmyra) held the Centenary bats in check allowing only five hits over the seven innings.  The Lady Cyclones could never seem to get the big hit when they needed it, leaving one or more runners on base in four different innings.  As for the FDU offense Kelly Nover (Lindenhurst, NJ/Lindenhurst) did the damage recording three hits, driving in one, and stealing a base.  Teammate Kristen Olah (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) also chipped in two hits and a run scored for the Devils.

In game two both teams scored early as the visiting Devils took a 2-1 lead in the top of the second inning, on a sacrifice fly by Kelly Nover.  Centenary's offense again went silent until the bottom of the fifth when the Lady Cyclones broke out scoring four times.  Megan Doucette (Mayetta / Southern Regional) and Lauren Casoff (Manahawkin / Southern Regional) highlighted the inning with RBI doubles, to go along with a run scoring single by Michelle Henderson (Lakewood / Lakewood) which drove in Doucette.  Heading into the top of the sixth Centenary held a commanding 5-2 lead.  The margin stayed that way into the top of the last frame, when the visiting Devils hit their way to an 11-5 victory.  FDU banged out nine hits and scored nine runs in the inning, including three straight run scoring doubles by Jenn Haas (Waterford, NJ/Hammonton), Amanda Morrison (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) and Jess Mantz (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North).

The pair of victories improve FDU-Florham to 9-6 overall on the season, while losses drop Centenary to 3-8.  The Lady Cyclones will be in action again on Sunday afternoon when they play host to Farmingdale State at 1:00 pm.

(03/27/06) Hackettstown, NJ --- Earlier this afternoon, the Centenary women's softball team split with New Jersey City University 3-0 and 4-3.

In the first game, NJCU defeated Centenary 3-0.  The lady knights, jumped out to an early 2-0 in the first inning due to errors.  Centenary would remain scoreless throughout the first game as NJCU tacked on one more run in the 3rd inning from one of their seven hits.  NJCU's Susie Matsutani (Gallup, NM / Gallup) would end the first game batting 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run.  Pitcher, Andrea Delucrezia (Belleville, NJ / St. Mary's - Rutherford) also chipped in going 2-for-3 with one RBI behind the plate.  On the mound, Delucrezia, seemed to freeze Centenary's bats as she gave up only three hits with nine strikeouts.
 
In the second game, Centenary pulled out the 4-3 win at the end of the sixth inning due to the game being called for darkness.  The lady Cyclones came out swinging scoring a run in the first inning on a single to left field by Megan Doucette (Mayetta / Southern Regional).  NJCU came back fighting as they scored three runs in the second inning to be ahead 3-1.  The lady Knights would single off three hits as they capitalized on the three errors made by the Centenary defense.

In the bottom of the third inning, Centenary would retaliate as Jenna Wendolowski (Jersey City, NJ / Holy Family Academy) got on base with a single to center field and would eventually score on a RBI double from Jessa Jones (South Plainfield, NJ / South Plainfield).  Jones would advance to third on a passed ball and then brought in by a RBI single to left field from Michelle Henderson (Lakewood, NJ / Lakewood) to tie the game at 3-3.

In the sixth, Doucette, who ended the day going 2-for-5, would get on wit a single and Keiko Okabe (Kanagawa-Ken, Japan / Schichirigahama) was brought in to pinch run.  Okabe would advance to second on a passed ball and stole third, but advanced home from a catching error to be the game - winning run.

The Centenary women's softball team opened their 2006 season at Baptist Bible College on Wednesday afternoon.  Unfortunately for the Lady Cyclones they came out on the short end in both games, dropping the doubleheader 8-4 and 6-5.  Centenary's Jessa Jones did her part going a combined 4-for-7 with a triple and a homerun.  She also added three RBI's and two runs scored.  Freshman Keiko Okabe also added three hits, while Laura Kymer went 2-for-7, scored two runs and drove in one.

Centenary now takes off for Myrtle Beach and the Snow Bird Invitational, where they will play during the week of Spring Break.

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	RESULT
MARCH
15	Baptist Bible College		L, 8-4/0-1 L, 6-5/0-2
20	St. Joseph Patchogue		L, 1-0/0-3
22	SUNY - Old Westbury West Virginia State		W, 15-2/1-3 L, 8-0/1-4
26	Mount St. Mary College %		W, 4-1/2-4 L, 6-5/2-5
27	New Jersey City Univ.		L, 3-0/2-6 W, 4-3/3-6
29	Fairleigh Dickinson - Florham		L, 3-0/3-7 L, 11-5/3-8
APRIL
2	Farmingdale State %		W, 7-3/4-8 W, 7-3/5-8
6	Kean University		L, 8-0/5-9 L, 8-0/5-10
9	John Jay College		W, 10-1/6-10 W, 16-2/7-10
12	Mount St. Vincent %		W, 3-1 8-10 W, 2-0/9-10
14	St. Joseph's Patchogue %		L, 8-0/9-11 L, 5-3/9-12
15	Manhattanville College %		L, 8-0/9-13 L, 2-1/9-14
18	College of St. Elizabeth		W, 9-2/10-14 L, 7-5/10-15
20	Rutgers University - Newark		L, 8-5/10-16 L, 6-2/10-17
25	US Merchant Marine Academy %		L, 9-5/10-18 L, 5-4 (8 inn.)/10-19
26	Maritime College %		W, 14-0/11-19 W, 11-1/12-19
27	Old Westbury %		W, 7-5/13-19 L, 5-4/13-20
28 29	Skyline Conference Tournament Manhattanville St. Joseph's Patchogue		L, 11-3/13-21 L, 3-0/13-22
Home games are BOLD. % Skyline Athletic Conference contest.
Head Coach: Billie Jo Blackwell Assistant Coaches:Kathy Fink, Iris Correa, Shannon Jonas

NO.	NAME	YR.	POS.	HT.	HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL
00	Megan Doucette	JR	C/P	5-4	Mayetta/ Southern Regional
2	Jessa Jones	SO	OF	5-7	South Plainfield/ South Plainfield
4	Jolyn Veres	FR	SS/P	5-2	Denville/ Morris Knolls
6	Jenna Wendoloski	FR	SS/2B	4-11	Jersey City/ Holy Family Acad.
8	Keiko Okabe	SR	SS/2B	5-3	Kanagawa-Ken, Japan/ Schichirigahama
9	Michelle Hendry	JR	P	5-4	Dover/ Dover
10	Stephanie Bickel	SO	OF	5-2	Brick/ Manasquan
11	Stephanie Burrini	JR	1B	5-7	Randolph/ Randolph
12	Heather Rolandelli	SR	OF	5-3	Cedar Grove/ Cedar Grove
14	Michelle Henderson	JR	C	5-8	Lakewood/ Lakewood
15	Dairomy Bolano	JR	OF	5-5	Paterson/ Paterson Catholic
16	Jennifer Vail	JR	1B/IF	5-8	New Providence/ New Providence
17	Laura Kymer	JR	OF	5-7	Hamburg/ Wallkill Valley Regional
18	Lauren Cassoff	SO	3B	5-2	Manahawkin/ Southern Regional

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