CARY, N.C. - Megan Sooy collected the 100th hit of her career as the Arcadia University softball team defeated Susquehanna University 7-4 before falling to Case Western Reserve University 14-1 in five innings to complete its season-opening trip to North Carolina on Sunday. Madi Costigan had four hits in game one while Sooy followed with three.

HOW IT HAPPENED
ARCADIA 7, SUSQUEHANNA 4
-Susquehanna began the scoring with a run in the first.

-Costigan tied the score in the third with a triple scoring Morgan Tripodi.

-Summer Centeno continued her hot play to begin the season when she gave the Knights the lead with a single that scored Costigan in the fifth.

-After the River Hawks tied the score in the bottom of the fifth, Costigan singled in the sixth to bring home Zoey Ritter followed by a Nathlalia DiIanni RBI single scoring Megan Klose.

-Sooy hit a solo homer in the seventh before Costigan hit a two-run single scoring Klose and Taylor Sommer to finish the scoring.

-Juliana Presto improved to 2-0, going the distance allowing four runs (one earned) on three hits, striking out nine and walking two.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Costigan (4) / Sooy (3) / Klose (2)
RBI: Costigan (4) / DiIanni (1) / Centeno (1) / Sooy (1)
Runs: Klose (2)
Walks: Tripodi (1) / DiIanni (1)

CWRU 14, Arcadia 1 (Five Innings)
-CWRU scored four runs in the first, second, and third.

-Aleigha Parnell got her first career hit and RBI in the fourth when she scored Grace Caldwell.

KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: Caldwell (1) / Parnell (1) / Abby Jones (1) / Tripodi (1)
RBI: Parnell (1)
Runs: Caldwell (1)

UP NEXT
Arcadia (2-2) returns to action on Sunday when it opens spring break in Florida against Wheaton College and University of New England.