CLERMONT, FLA.—Day two of the Carthage College softball team's six-day Florida trek matched them against in-region foe Monmouth College, and Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference member Bridgewater State University on Monday. Liz Hippen, who tossed a no-hitter for Monmouth in their 13-0 victory over Pittsburgh-Greensburg on Sunday, propelled Monmouth over the Lady Reds 7-0 with a complete-game, eight-strikeout performance. Naomi Alonzo's three-run home run powered a Carthage five-run first inning against Bridgewater State, enough to secure an 8-6 victory.
 
The split gives Carthage a 2-2, 0-0 CCIW mark. The Scots improved to 3-0, 0-0 MWC while Bridgewater State fell to 2-4, 0-0 MASCAC.
 
Monmouth College 7, Lady Reds 0
 
The Scots jumped to a 1-0 lead in the opening inning, but it was a four-run third inning where most of their damage occurred.  The seventh inning saw Monmouth register a pair of runs to ice a 7-0 victory.

The seventh inning saw Carthage execute their first triple play since April 9, 2009 when shortstop Courtney Polanski caught Morgan Pizur-Kranc's lineout with the bases loaded. Polanski then tagged out Brittney Enos at second base before she threw out Lauren Sperry at first base to complete the rare trifecta. 
 
Emmily Zinkiewicz, Alonzo, Brooke Sefcik and Jennifer Michuda each contributed one hit for the Lady Reds offense. Ellie Bernero, Stefanie Guercio and Stephanie Bonaguidi each saw time on the pitching rubber in Carthage's loss to the Scots. Hippen registered eight strikeouts and surrendered four hits in the complete-game pitching victory for Monmouth. 
 
Lady Reds 8, Bridgewater State 6
 
The Lady Reds plated their first three batters of the contest when #3 hitter Alonzo hit a three-run home run to center field on a 3-0 pitch to make the score 3-0. Makenzie Miller's early-career dominance continued when her two-out, RBI-single later in the first inning made the score 4-0. Kaitlin Shaffer followed suit with her first NCAA hit, which scored Miller to push Carthage's lead to 5-0.
 
The Bears responded in the bottom half of the first when Shannon Grindle's two-run home run cut the margin to 5-2. The Lady Reds added one run in the second, and two more in the fourth en route to an 8-2 lead thanks to a pair of Alexandra Millett RBI-hits. Vivian Juarez, who went 3-for-3 in the contest, was the other Lady Red to score when she touched home on a wild pitch in the fourth inning.
 
Bridgewater State added two runs in each the fifth and seventh innings to cut their deficit to 8-6, where things stayed final.
 
Juarez paced the Lady Reds with three hits, while Millett and Miller each had two. Alonzo picked up her first collegiate pitching win for Carthage. She surrendered six runs (five earned) on nine hits and struck out 10 in the complete-game effort.
 
Grindle went 3-for-3 with two home runs for Bridgewater State.
 
The Lady Reds will face University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg (9:00 a.m. ET) and Wartburg College (11:30 a.m. ET) tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6 at the Legends Way Complex in Clermont, Fla.