PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College softball team extended their winning streak to five after sweeping SUNY Old Westbury Panthers (0-12, 0-11 Skyline) Sunday afternoon from Manhattanville College Softball Field. Behind the second-career combined no-hitter shutout from
Charli Shinstine (Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Academy) and
Jasmine Feliciano (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern), the Valiants captured an 8-0 Skyline Conference victory in the opener before solidifying the sweep with a 13-0 non-conference win in the finale. The pair of wins moves Manhattanville (14-3, 9-3 Skyline) into second place in the league standings.
Game 1 (5 Innings): Manhattanville 8, Old Westbury 0
Valiant Top Performers
Jayleen Torres: 3-for-3, 3 R, RBI, 2B, 3B
Isela Casillas: 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, SB
Sarah Harker: 1-for-2, R, 2 RBI, 2B
Charli Shinstine: 3.0 innings, BB, game-high 6 K
Jasmine Feliciano: 2.0 innings, 2 K
Key Moments
- For the 16th-straight game, Isela Casillas (Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake) extended her hitting streak with a leadoff single in the opening inning on Panther starter Christina Hassett. She then stole her team-leading seventh base and scored off of Jayleen Torres' (Bellflower, Calif./Downey) triple that proved to be the game-winning run. Torres doubled the Valiants advantage off of Sarah Harker's (Irvine, Calif./Irvine) groundout, 2-0.
- Manhattanville tacked on five runs in the second and a single run in the third to settle the 8-0 run-rule final.
- Charli Shinstine (Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Academy) fired a game-high six strikeouts (one walk) in three innings of work while Jasmine Feliciano (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) retired two batters in two innings of relief to capture the combined no-hitter shutout.
Pitcher Records
Win: Manhattanville,
Charli Shinstine (6-3)
Loss: Old Westbury, Christina Hassett (0-10)
Game 1 (5 Innings): Manhattanville 13, Old Westbury 0
Valiant Top Performers
Casillas: 3-for-3, 3 R, RBI, BB, SB
Harker: 1-for-3, R, 3 RBI, 3B
Taylor Baumann: 2-for-3, R, 3 RBI, 2B
Amaya Esparza : 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B
Kylie Pester: 3.0 innings, 2 H, BB, 4 K
Feliciano: 2.0 innings, BB, 3 K
Key Moments
- Manhattanville opened the game two scoring with a single run in the first inning as a Harker sacrifice fly scored Casillas for the game-winning run in the first inning.
- The Valiants erupted for nine runs scored in the second frame on Panther starter Hassett. Casillas kept her hitting streak alive, extending it to 17 games, with a run-scoring single to make it a 3-0 game. Taylor Baumann (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun) slapped a two-RBI double to right field to bring home Abby Tanuma (Chula Vista, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) and Amaya Esparza to extend the lead to double-digits, 10-0, and end Hassett's outing.
- Manhattanville added three more insurance runs in the third to settle the 13-0 run-rule final.
- Kylie Pester (Spokane, Wash./Lewis and Clark) put together a one-hit bid with four strikeouts (one walk) in three innings of work while Feliciano sat down three batters (one walk) in two innings of no-hit relief to earn the combined shutout.
Pitcher Records
Win: Mahattanville,
Kylie Pester (3-0)
Loss: Old Westbury, Christina Hassett (0-11)
WHAT'S NEXT
The Valiants will return to action Wednesday (May 5) for a Skyline Conference doubleheader against the St. Joseph's College (L.I.) Golden Eagles from SJC Softball Stadium in Patchogue, New York. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 P.M.
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