MAHWAH, NJ-Senior pitcher Jamie Anzaldi picked up her 14th shutout of the season as she blanked Union on two hits to lead Ramapo to a 6-0 victory over the Dutchwomen in a loser's bracket game of the NCAA Division III Eastern Regional Softball Tournament at Ramapo College.

The loss ends Union's season at 25-5 while Ramapo, the event's second seed, needs to defeat top-ranked Moravian twice on Sunday (May 9) if they are to advance to next week's World Series in Salem, Virginia. Union, which went into the event as the fourth seed, defeated No. 3 Allegheny, 3-2, behind the pitching of Abby Arceneaux and the hitting of freshman second baseman Colleen White.

Anzaldi, who allowed just one walk in pitching Ramapo over Allegheny, 1-0, on Friday (May 7), allowed a first-inning bunt single to Arceneaux and a one-out single to left by sophomore shortstop Beth Carcone. Anzaldi, who came into the game with a 20-5 record, an earned run average of 0.51, and 134 strikeouts, fanned nine Dutchwomen, walked three, and allowed two balls to leave the infield.Carcone's single and a fly out to center off the bat of Erika Eisenhut in the fifth.

Ramapo, which improves to 35-7, scored three times in the first on three hits, added a run in the fifth and two in the seventh, one of which was a home run by Andrea Pastiglione.

Union sophomore Jackie Coffey, who had thrown 132 pitches while leading the Dutchwomen to a 4-3, 10-inning win over Staten Island in the tournament opener Friday morning, picked up just her third career loss in 26 decisions.

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Arceneaux, who lost to Moravian, 5-2, on Friday afternoon, was in complete control against Allegheny. She continually got in front of the hitters and had the Gators completely off stride while finishing with a five-hitter that included eight strikeouts.

White, who finished the season as the Dutchwomen's top run producer, drove in her 22nd run of the year in the fourth to snap a 0-0 tie and made it 2-0 in the sixth before Caitlin DelZotto's single in the sixth proved to be the game-winning hit.

Erika Eisenhut helped build the Dutchwomen's first run when she was hit with a pitch on a one-ball, two-strike count (after falling behind two strikes) and promptly stole second. She easily beat the throw home on White's single to right.

Union scored two in the sixth as Arceneaux, the team's leading hitter, opened the frame with a single to left and moved to second as Julie Gawronski's batted ball was booted for an infield error. White's single plated Arceneaux and Gawronski scored on DelZotto's hit.

"It was another outstanding season," said seventh-year head coach Pete Brown, whose Dutchwomen do not have a senior on the roster. "We fell a little short of achieving our goal of moving on to the World Series, but a two-year record of 51-12 and the program's first two trips to the NCAA tournament isn't too bad. These women will continue to improve and two trips to the national tournament shows them exactly what they need to do in the off season if we are to qualify for the NCAAs again next year and then win the regional title.

"The entire team should be proud of its accomplishments, I know Brian (assistant coach Brian Speck) and I are extremely proud of our our players, both as people and as players."