SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Saint Francis University softball earned its third shutout victory in a row with a 4-0 win over Wofford. The Red Flash earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament weekend and defeated the Terriers in Sunday's championship game.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Grace Vesco (4-0) allowed no runs on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
» Savannah Nash went 1-for-3 with one run scored, two RBIs and one stolen base.
» Madelyn Wilson went 1-for-3 with two RBIs.
» Olivia Ulam went 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
» Both teams combined for three baserunners through the first three innings before Saint Francis broke through in the fourth.
» With two outs in the innings, Nash hot a two-run double after a Wofford error and Rachel Marsden single that gave the Red Flash a 2-0 lead.
» Wofford produced runners on second and third in the sixth inning but Vesco got a strikeout to end the inning.
» After Vesco escaped the jam, two runs came across in the seventh inning on a Wilson single. Vesco retired the side in the bottom half to clinch Saint Francis' undefeated weekend at the Wofford Invitational.
 
FLASH NUGGETS
» Saint Francis matched a program-record 10-game start to a season with its 9-1 record. The Red Flash outscored Wofford Invitational opponents 37-3.
» The Red Flash have earned three straight shutout victories and have 22 straight scoreless innings.
» Nash leads qualified Red Flash hitters with a .344 batting average and 11 RBIs through the first 10 games. She had back-to-back multi-RBI games to conclude the Wofford Invitational.
» Five Red Flash players who have started all-10 games are hitting over .300.
» Vesco lowered her season ERA to 0.97 and opposing batters are hitting just .118 against her.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis heads to the Liberty Softball Classic, where the Red Flash will face Liberty twice, Morgan State, Penn State and UPenn from Feb. 23-25.