STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Saint Francis University softball finished off its seventh consecutive conference series sweep to improve to 21-0 after a 7-1 game three victory at Wagner.    
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
» Rachel Marsden (17-5) went 6.0 innings and allowed no runs on one hit with one walk and four strikeouts. She went 1-for-2 with one run scored and one double at the plate.
» Savannah Nash went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, one home run and three RBIs.
» Olivia Ulam went 1-for-4 with one run scored and a two-run double.
» Ashley Wruble went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
 
TURNING POINTS OF THE GAME
» Nash started the scoring in the first inning with a two-out two-run home run in the first inning. Ashley Orischak followed in the second inning with a sacrifice fly to open a 3-0 lead.
» Lexi Hernandez then hit a two-out RBI single to drive home Nash in the third and open a 4-0 lead.
» After a scoreless fourth, Ulam hit a two-run double in the fifth, followed by a Nash RBI single, that opened a 7-0 lead.
» Marsden took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Wagner broke through for its first hit that was to the infield.
» Olivia Kolowitz entered to pitch in the seventh inning for the Red Flash and was replaced by Grace Vesco after she allowed three consecutive walks.  
» One Wagner run walked home with the bases loaded before Vesco got the final three outs consecutively and earned Saint Francis' seventh conference series sweep in a row.
 
FLASH NUGGETS
» Saint Francis is now tied for fifth in single-season program history with 34 wins. 21 conference wins is tied for second in single-season program history trailing 22 wins in the 2021 season.
» Nash took the lead for home runs by a Red Flash player with her seventh of the season. She also recorded three RBIs in a game for the seventh time this season.
» Marsden threw her third one-hitter of the season and seventh of her career in a game she pitched at least five innings. She has 25 consecutive shutout innings dating back to April 13 against Sacred Heart.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis returns home for its final conference series of the regular season May 4-5 against Merrimack. Sunday, May 5 will be the program's senior day.