BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Caldwell University softball team wrapped up the regular season with a split at Concordia College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader Monday afternoon at the Clipper Softball Field. The No. 18 Cougars enter the postseason with a 30-12-1 record overall and a 23-3 mark in league play after winning Game 1, 6-1 and losing the second game, 4-0. Concordia's season ends at 10-24, 9-17 CACC.

Caldwell took an early lead when freshman Marisa Monasseri (Monroe, NJ/Monroe Twp.) led off the top of the second inning with a home run, her team-leading eighth of the season. In the third, a grounder by freshman Kortney Craker (San Marcos, CA/Mission Hills) allowed senior Kristen Knorr (Monroeville, NJ/Delsea) to score from third for a 2-0 lead. After Concordia scored a run in the bottom of the third, Knorr plated sophomore Gracie Sullivan (Elmhurst, IL/York) with a grounder to lead 3-1. Knorr and junior Caitlin McCready (Jupiter, FL/Dwyer) drove in runs and sophomore Amy Hickman (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Liberty) came home on an error in the seventh to close out the scoring.

Junior pitcher Amber Padilla (Chino, CA/Pomona Catholic) gave up one run on four hits while striking out eight and walking one in seven innings to improve to 15-5. Knorr, McCready and Hickman each had two hits.

In Game 2, Clippers pitcher Sarah Ross blanked Caldwell on four hits over seven innings to end the Cougars' nine-game winning streak. Concordia scored a run in the first inning, two more in the third and another in the fifth. Craker, Sullivan, senior Alyssa Calderon (Fontana, CA/Etiwanda) and freshman Kiahna Silva (Etiwanda, CA/Etiwanda) had the Cougars' hits. Sophomore pitcher Sydney Ponto (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) suffered her first loss in a CACC regular-season game in 20 career decisions, allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. It is her first loss overall since Mar. 19, ending a 12-game winning streak.

The Cougars, who won the CACC regular-season title for the second straight year, begin the CACC Tournament on Thursday, Apr. 30 against eighth-seeded Georgian Court University. Game time is set for 10:00 a.m. at Georgian Court in Lakewood, N.J.