MIDDLETOWN, CT- The Wesleyan softball team played in their first NESCAC game of the season Sunday afternoon, picking up a 4-0 victory over Hamilton. This was a make-up from a game that was supposed to be played on Friday April 1^st. Wesleyan took their first conference game of the year on the back of an incredible pitching performance in the circle by Isabella Secaira-Cotto '25. Secaira-Cotto pitched a complete game shutout, only allowing four hits with no walks while striking out six. Wesleyan improves to 1-0 in conference play (8-9 overall), while Hamilton drops to 12-6 (1-3 NESCAC).
 
HIGHLIGHTS:

• After a quiet first inning for both teams, Hamilton threatened to score in the top half of the 2^nd inning. Two hits up the middle gave the Continentals runners at 2^nd and 3^rd with two outs. Secaira-Cotto locked in, striking out her 3^rd batter of the game to strand the runners on base
• After another stellar half inning by Secaira-Cotto in the top of the 3^rd, Wesleyan went into the bottom half of the inning still tied at zero. The Cardinals bats finally got going, starting with a Revi Brown '23 single that dropped in right field. Sophia Sciarappa '22 followed it up with 2-run double off the right center field fence a few batters later to give the Cards a 2-0 advantage
• Wesleyan added some insurance runs in the 5^th, which started once again with a Revi Brown single. Brown advanced to third after Ava Pfannenbecker '25 singled, leading to runners on 2^nd and 3^rd with nobody out. Brown would score on some heads up base running, tagging up on a pop-up to 3^rd when no Continental was covering home. Hamilton then intentionally walked the red-hot Sciarappa to get to Secaira-Cotto. She made them pay with an RBI single to help her own cause
• The Cardinals would hold their 4-0 lead the rest of the way, backed by two more shutdown innings from their freshman pitcher who allowed no hits over those final two innings

 
NOTES:

• Sophia Sciarappa (1-for-2, 2 RBI) leads the NESCAC in batting average (.537), 2^nd highest in the conference is .500
• Isabella Secaira-Cotto was impressive in her first NESCAC pitching appearance (7 innings, four hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, six strikeouts)
• Revi Brown (2-for-3, 1 run) and Ava Pfannenbecker (2-for-3, 2 runs) both had multi-hit days

 
UP NEXT:
Softball returns to the field Friday April 15^th, where they will travel to face Williams in a NESCAC showdown.