The Muhlenberg softball team extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 2-0 shutout of Manhattanville at Salisbury.

The Mules (10-3) had their streak - only the sixth to reach double digits in program history - snapped in their next game but did not go down without a fight, rallying from three runs down in their final at-bat before falling in extra innings to New Paltz, 7-5.

Of the 10 wins, six were shutouts, including No. 10. Junior Justine Bergara and sophomore Leeanna Zagrodnik combined on a four-hitter against Manhattanville. Bergara worked the first five innings, doing her best work in the fifth when the Valiants put a runner on third with nobody out. A strikeout, groundout to first and infield pop pinned the runner at third, and Zagrodnik (pictured above) retired six of the seven batters she faced for her second straight save.

Muhlenberg scored its runs in the third on a two-out RBI single by senior Sophia Cicchetti and in the sixth on a two-out RBI single by freshman Skyla Campisi.

The Mules trailed New Paltz 3-0 through five innings before plating two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Hawks scored twice in the top of the seventh to put Muhlenberg in a three-run hole going into the bottom of the seventh.

Singles by the eight and nine hitters in the lineup, senior Brianna Kessler and freshman Lillie Teague, set the stage for the comeback. Singles by freshman Peri Kahn and sophomore Scooter Hulsen brought in two runs, and the tying run came in on a sacrifice fly by Campisi. 

Muhlenberg could not answer the two runs scored by New Paltz in the top of the eighth, however.