CC 6, CHC 0
CC 5, CHC 0
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Sophomore Juliette Wilson (Dallas, OR/West Salem) tossed a no-hitter in a 6-0 victory over Chestnut Hill College on Saturday at the CHC Softball Field. The gem came in the first game of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader, with the Cougars winning the second game 5-0 for the sweep. The wins give Caldwell a 35-11 record overall, including a 21-3 mark in league play, while the Griffins fall to 2-36, 2-24 CACC.
Wilson, pictured, retired the first seven batters in order before allowing a walk, the only blemish on her pitching line. She then sat down the next 14 batters without giving up a hit to record the no-hitter. Wilson faced 22 batters and registered eight fly outs and eight groundouts while striking out five and walking one in seven innings. Senior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in to pace the Caldwell offense, which scored twice in the first inning, single runs in the fourth and sixth innings and two more in the seventh. Freshmen Dia Cascone (Staten Island, NY/Susan Wagner) and Kelly Schymanski (Pottstown, PA/Owen Roberts) also had two hits apiece for the Cougars.
Wilson's performance marked the program's first no-hitter since former All-American Corinne Reiser pitched a six-inning perfect game against Nyack College on Apr. 12, 2004. Reiser also has the last seven-inning no-hitter, which occurred on Mar. 29, 2004 at Bloomfield.
In the second game, Caldwell broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the fourth. Junior Patti Garofolo (Collegeville, PA/Springford) hit a run-scoring double, while Schymanski and sophomore Marisa Tamez (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley) also drove in runs. Then in the fifth, Timbrook doubled home Cascone, then later scored on a single by Tamez for a 5-0 lead. Schymanski did the rest, blanking Chestnut Hill on seven hits while fanning seven and walking none for her first career complete-game shutout.
Timbrook, Garofolo and freshman Cassandra Cefolo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) led the Cougar bats with two hits each, while Tamez had two RBI.
The results allowed the Cougars to set a program record for CACC victories in a season with 21, breaking last year's mark of 20.
Caldwell is back in action on Wednesday, Apr. 28 with a non-conference doubleheader against C.W. Post. The first game is set to start at 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.
