SEWELL, NJ - The 4th seeded Northampton softball team dropped their opening game of the Region 19 Final Four, falling to top-seeded RCSJ-Gloucester, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon at Roadrunner Park.

The Roadrunners broke open a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 5th, scoring 2 runs, as Coral Davidson reached on an error, Anna Cirucci singled to score Davidson and Rylee Shappell doubled, scoring Cirucci. 

RCSJ-Gloucester added 2 more runs in the 6th, highlighted by a Nancy Sanchez 2-run double. 

Hannah Karc (Wind Gap, PA/Nazareth) and Morgan Boyd (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg South) had the only hits for Northampton. 

Sydney Harper (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) took the loss in the circle, going 4.2 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on 3 hits, striking out 2.  Taylor Neumann (York, PA/York Suburban) pitched the final 1.1 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs. 

The loss drops Northampton to 20-13 on the season, while RCSJ-Gloucester improves to 22-8.

The Spartans will now face 2nd seeded Middlesex on Sunday in Sewell, NJ in an elimination game at 10am.