BETHLEHEM, Pa - The Northampton Softball team dropped their season opener to Cayuga Community College, 7-2, on Friday afternoon at Spartan Field.

"We made quite a few opening game miscues," relayed Head Coach Scott Cullen, "there were a number of routine plays that we normally would make that we simply did not execute tonight."

GAME ONE
The Spartans opened game one by making two errors in the first inning which led to 2 Cayuga runs. Cayuga added a run in the 2nd and one in the 4th to take a 4-0 lead before Samantha ZeRuth (Bangor, PA/Bangor ) doubled in the bottom of the 5th and and Sierra Flurer (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth ) singled to center to score pinch-runner Kye Adams (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg ). Alexis Lobb (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg Sr. High) then doubled and Amber Farnholtz (Northampton, PA/Northampton ) singled in Flurer to cut the margin to 4-2 after 5 innings. Cayuga added 3 runs in the top of the 7th to put the game out of reach.

ZeRuth finished 2 for 4, Farnholtz was 2 for 3 and Flurer and Lobb were each 1 for 3 to pace the Spartan offense.

Flurer took the loss on the mound, striking out 10.

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
Cayuga	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	7
Northampton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

GAME TWO
Game two was called in the 7th inning due to darkness with the score tied 4-4.

Trailing 3-0 in the 3rd inning, Mackenzie Caffrey (Easton, PA /Pleasant Valley) doubled and then scored on a RBI single from Samantha ZeRuth (Bangor, PA/Bangor ). Amber Farnholtz (Northampton, PA/Northampton ) then singled and scored when Abby Monks (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh ) doubled to left and the Spartans tied it at 3-3 when Cathryn Cusano (Easton, PA /Easton) singled to drive in pinch runner Kye Adams (East Stroudsburg, PA /East Stroudsburg ).

Cayuga regained the lead at 4-3 before Cusano drove in Alexis Lobb (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg Sr. High) to tie the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the 6th before the game was called.

The Spartans, 0-1, return to action on Saturday when they open Region XIX action hosting Bergen Community College in a doubleheader at noon.

Cayuga, from Auburn, NY, improves to 2-3 overall.