FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College softball team captured 11-0 and 11-0 Skyline Conference road wins over the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers (0-10, 0-10 Skyline) from Rams Field in Farmingdale, New York. With the sweep and eyeing for postseason action, the Valiants (12-3, 8-3 Skyline) now sit in third place in league standings.
Game 1 (5 Innings): Manhattanville 11, Old Westbury 0
Valiant Top Performers
Isela Casillas: 2-for-4, R,4 RBI
Sarah Harker: 3-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B
Giovanna Liggett: 2-for-3, R, BB, 2B
Jaclyn DeLuca: 2-for-3, R, BB
Abby Tanuma: 2-for-4, R, BB
Charli Shinstine: 5.0 innings, H, BB, game-high 12 K
Key Moments
- After a scoreless opening inning, Manhattanville broke the scoring ice in the second inning by exploding with eight runs scored on Panther starter Christina Hassett. Sarah Harker (Irvine, Calif./Irvine) singled through the right side for Amaya Esparza to score the game-winning run.
- With the bases loaded in the second inning, Isela Casillas (Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake) extended her hitting streak to 14 games with a two-RBI single that scored Harker and Julia Bucci (Rye Brook, N.Y./Blind Brook), making it a 3-0 game. Harker capped the second inning scoring with a two-out two-RBI double.
- The Valiants added a single run in the third and two runs in the fourth before Charli Shinstine (Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Academy) fired back-to-back strikeouts, allowed Kim Basile to walk and then struck out Julianne Sucre in the fifth to settle the 11-0 run-rule final.
- Only allowing one hit and one walk, Shinstine spun a game-high 12 strikeouts to claim her fourth win, fourth complete-game and third shutout on the season.
- Giovanna Liggett (Fountain Valley, Calif./Edison) continued swinging her hot bat, extending her hitting streak to 13 after slapping a two-out double in the first frame.
Pitcher Records
Win: Manhattanville,
Charli Shinstine (5-3)
Loss: Old Westbury, Christina Hassett (0-9)
Game 1 (5 Innings): Manhattanville 11, Old Westbury 0
Valiant Top Performers
Jayleen Torres: 4-for-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B, 2B, SB
Casillas: 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, SB
Tanuma: 2-for-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2B
Bucci: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, SB
Key Moments
- In the opening inning, Casillas extended her hit streak to 15 games with a leadoff single to up the middle off Panther starter Lillian Chiauzzi. She then scored the game-winning run off a Jayleen Torres (Bellflower, Calif./Downey) double. The Valiants doubled its advantage courtsey of Jaclyn DeLuca's (Yonkers, N.Y./Sacred Heart (H.S.)) RBI double.
- Manhattanville scored a single run in the third. Liggett kept her hitting streak alive with a single, pushing it to 14 games, and advanced Torres to third base. Torres then scored off Abby Tanuma's (Chula Vista, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) sacrifice flyout to take the 3-0 lead.
- The Valiants tacked on four runs each in the fourth and fifth frames to settle the 11-0 run-rule final.
- Kylie Pester (Spokane, Wash./Lewis and Clark) scattered one hit, allowed one walk and fired a game-best nine strikeouts to earn her second-career shutout. The win marks as her fourth on the season and her third complete-game.
Pitcher Records
Win: Mahattanville,
Kylie Pester (4-0)
Loss: Old Westbury, Lillian Chiauizzi (0-1)
WHAT'S NEXT
The Valiants will return to campus Sunday (May 2) to conclude its Skyline Conference weekend doubleheader series against the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers from Manhattanville College Softball Field in Purchase, New York. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 P.M.
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