NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University softball team snapped New Haven's 13-game winning streak, splitting a pair of games with a 5-1 win and a 2-1 loss on Senior Day. The Owls move to 13-9 overall and 10-8 in the Northeast 10, while the Chargers move to 19-5 overall and 14-4 in the NE10.
Game 1 Highlights
Game 2 Highlights
- Delaporta went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
- Botteon went 1-for-2 including a walk and two runs scored.
- Jessica Perucki (West Milford, N.J.) earned the win in the circle after pitching a complete game with six strikeouts.
- Morgan Tuscano (Wallingford, Conn.) collected her first career home run.
Game 1: New Haven 2, Southern Connecticut 1
- SCSU jumped on the board in the first inning when Botteon scored on a throwing error.
- New Haven scored the equalizer in the third inning on an error. The Chargers picked up another run later that inning on an error.
- The second half of game one saw solid defensive play from both teams as the Chargers two-run third inning proved to be the difference-maker.
Game 2: Southern Connecticut 5, New Haven 1
- The Owls scored the first run again in game two when Buscetto reached home on a groundout. Botteon scored on the next play on a Delaporta single to the shortstop. Emily Lange (Monroe, Conn.) hit a hard shot up the middle to bring home Jacqueline Dumont (Nashua, N.H.) to put SCSU up by three early.
- It wasn't until the fifth inning that the Chargers got on the board when Hailey Laforte scored on an error.
- Southern Connecticut responded in the bottom half of the inning when Botteon scored on another Delaporta single.
- Tuscano blasted a deep shot to left field in the sixth inning to give the Owls a four-run edge over the Chargers.
- A solid offensive performance for the Owls coupled with strong pitching from Perucki was the difference as SCSU went on to capture the victory.
Game Notes
- Sara Buscetto collected her 21st stolen base of the season and is now five stolen bases shy of breaking her own single-season stolen bases record set in 2019. This stolen base was also the 66th of her career, which extended her school record.
- SCSU snapped New Haven's 13-game winning streak that dates back to April 5.
- Prior to the Owls game two victory, they hadn't beaten the Chargers since April 10, 2018, a 3-0 game one victory.
- New Haven's Ava Fitzmaurice hadn't allowed any runs in her last five appearances until Southern Connecticut notched three runs against her over in both matchups.
- With today's 5-1 victory, Jessica Perucki has won five straight games in the circle. The last Owl pitcher to win five-straight games was Yesenia Evaristo who won six-straight from April 19, 2014 to April 26, 2014.
On Deck
The Owls travel to Pleasantville, N.Y. on Tuesday, April 27 to face Pace University in conference play. First pitch for game one is set for 2:30 p.m.
