NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Jessica Perucki starred in SCSU Softball's rivalry twinbill against New Haven, picking  up a win, a save and homering twice as the Owls swept a Northeast-10 Conference doubleheader against the Chargers, 4-0 and 3-0. With the two wins, Southern improved to 11-13 overall and 5-5 in the NE10 while New Haven dropped to 4-22 overall and 2-8 in conference play.

Perucki started the first game and finished the second game, and managed to hit a pair of home runs in between. In Game 1, Perucki took a perfect game into he seventh inning, retiring the first 18 batters she faced, before giving up a lead-off single to the Chargers in their final at-bats. In the third inning, she blasted a two-run homer as part of a 2-for-3 day at the plate. Dominique DeLutri was also 2-for-3 with a RBI while Jordan Chamberlain was 1-for-3 with a run-scoring double.

For Perucki, it was her second one-hitter of the season and the fourth time she allowed fewer than two runs in a game in 10 appearances. She also improved to 7-4 overall and lowered her NE10-leading ERA to 0.63.

In the second game, it was Ashley Lewis' turn on the bump. Lewis stymied the New Haven lineup, holding the Chargers scoreless on two hits with three strikeouts before giving way to Perucki in the sixth. Perucki struck out four of the six batters she faced in two perfect innings to pick up the save.

At the plate, DeLutri was 2-for-3 with a RBI again, wrapping up a 4-for-6 day, but it was Perucki's second home run of the doubleheader that gave the Owls a 3-0 lead in the sixth and sealed the victory.

Southern is back in action this weekend when it hosts Southern New Hampshire on Saturday, Apr. 13 and Saint Anselm on Sunday, Apr. 14 with both series set for a 12 p.m. start at Pelz Field in New Haven, Conn.