LANGHORNE, PA -- The softball team dropped a non-conference contest, 2-0, to Cairn University on Thursday afternoon in Pennsylvania. The Bloodhounds fall to 2-5 on the season while Cairn improves to 3-9 on the year. 

This game was a pitchers duel, as both starters fired complete games. Sophomore America Rivera toed the rubber for John Jay and fired six innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out two. 

Sophomore Alisha Cherian and junior Julianne Graepel both went 1-3 with a stolen base. Junior Nicole Lopez and freshman Emily Sperl also had a hit. Besides her work on the mound, Rivera went 1-3 at the plate. 

The Bloodhounds will return to the field tomorrow when they take on York College in their CUNYAC opening doubleheader. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Bellerose.