NEWARK, N.J. - The Caldwell College baseball team managed to record just one hit in a 12-0 loss to Bloomfield College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game Tuesday afternoon at West Side Park. The Cougars fall to 11-18 overall and 5-11 in conference play on the season, while the Deacons improve to 14-17, 11-5 CACC.

Bloomfield scored two runs in the top of the second, then broke the game open with seven runs in the third for a 9-0 lead. Ricky Maldonado brought home runs with a single and a double in his two at-bats in the third. The Deacons added a run in the fifth and two more in the seventh for a 12-0 lead. Pitcher Steve Godowski did the rest, holding Caldwell hitless through 8 2/3 innings. With the Cougars down to their last out, sophomore Juan Mejia (Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) singled to break up Godowski's no-hit bid.

Godowski walked three batters while striking out 11 in a complete-game shutout to improve to 5-2. Caldwell starter Ray Keelan (Barnegat, NJ/Southern Regional) lasted two innings and fell to 1-2 with the loss.

The Cougars play a CACC doubleheader at Dominican College on Wednesday, Apr. 22. The first game starts at 1:00 p.m. in Orangeburg, N.Y.