Philadelphia, Pa. - (5/1/2019) – With a 13-13 league standing, Chestnut Hill College earned the #6 seed in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Softball Championship Tournament (double-elimination) and therefore, will face #3 Caldwell University in a noon (12:00 p.m.) contest (LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO) at Georgian Court University's SEI Investments Field (Field #1) on Thursday, May 2. The winner will play the victor of the #2 Wilmington University/#7 Nyack College contest (10:00 a.m., Field #2) in a 4:00 p.m. contest on Field #2, while the losers of both initial contests will fight for their tournament lives in a 2:00 p.m. contest on Field #2. For more information about the CACC Spring Championship Festival, hosted by Georgian Court University, please use the preceding link.
 
Chestnut Hill College (18-22, 13-13) collected a valuable CACC win in their regular season doubleheader with Caldwell University as they scored a 7-4 game-one win over the Cougars. In the fourth inning, a one-out home run from senior first baseman Kaya Swanek (Pittston, Pa.), 4-1, a walk to senior left fielder Ariel Magee (North Cape May, N.J.), a double to right field from senior catcher Brielle Riotte (Elizabeth. N.J.), 4-2, walks to senior right fielder Alex Sauer (New Milford, N.J.) and junior second baseman Cailey Stevenson (Burbank, Calif.), and a two-run single to short from senior third baseman Lily Winn (Los Angeles, Calif.) evened the contest at 4-4. The winning runs came in the fifth inning, where two-out singles from Sauer and freshman designated player Lily Reid (Texas City, Texas) provided the Griffins a 6-4 advantage. A Riotte solo shot extended the final margin to 7-4. Sophomore Kaley Wise (Hamilton, N.J.) earned the win (6-6) despite allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks. She also struck out five. Sophomore Gabrielle Merryman (Sewell, N.J.) earned her first collegiate save (1) with three innings of two-hit relief.
 
Unfortunately, the Griffins could only celebrate Winn's 100^th career hit in the game two as the Cougars split the twin bill with a 12-8 victory. Winn's milestone hit came with a double in the third inning of game two; the extra-base hit knocked in the second Scarlet and Gold run of the affair and helped the Griffins tie the contest at 4-4. Unfortunately, Caldwell University reciprocated with two runs in the bottom of the inning, 6-4, and outscored the Scarlet and Gold 6-4 the rest of the way in a 12-8 final. Winn, sophomore centerfielder Devon Horner (Mt. Laurel, N.J.) (2-for-4), and Stevenson (2-for-3) all recorded two hits in the loss. Horner (2-for-4, 1R) and Sauer (0-for-3, 1R) each knocked in a pair of runs.