BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — The LIU softball team opened Northeast Conference play on a winning note.
Lindsey Cowans tossed a complete game and
Kristen Blanchard drove in a pair of runs with RBI singles as the Sharks defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 3-1, in the home opener on Friday at the LIU Softball Complex.
The Knights loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but Cowans capped her outing by coaxing back-to-back groundouts.
LIU grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second on
Devon Medina's RBI single and the first of Blanchard's run-scoring hits.
The teams complete the series Saturday at 1 p.m. with a doubleheader.