Blue Devils Blank Wagner Twice In Saturday Softball Sweep

Pitching ruled the day on Saturday, as the CCSU softball team blanked the visiting Wagner College Seahawks twice, 7-0 in game one and 5-0 in the nightcap, to sweep a Northeast Conference doubleheader in New Britain.  With the two wins, the Blue Devils, winners of three game in a row, are now 9-15 overall and 4-1 in conference play.  Wagner is now 8-13 overall and 3-2 in the NEC.  Alina Varga fired a two-hit complete game shutout in the opener, and not to be outdone, Liz Hamilton pitched a three-hit complete game whitewash of the Seahawks in game two.  CCSU's Ava Cino homered in both games on Saturday.

GAME ONE VS. WAGNER|BOX SCORE

Score:  CCSU 7, Wagner 0
Records: CCSU (8-15, 3-1 NEC), Wagner (8-12, 3-1)
Location: CCSU Softball Field |New Britain, Conn.

GAME TWO VS. WAGNER|BOX SCORE

Score:  CCSU 5, Wagner 0
Records: CCSU (9-15, 4-1 NEC), Wagner (8-13, 3-2)
Location: CCSU Softball Field |New Britain, Conn.

KEY MOMENTS FROM SATURDAY'S GAME ONE VICTORY:

• CCSU capitalized on two Wagner errors in the bottom of the first inning to push across a run on an RBI ground out by Kassandra (KC) Machado.
• The Blue Devils extended their advantage to 2-0 in the second inning when Ava Cino crushed a solo home run to left centerfield; her first homer of the 2025 season.
• The score would stay a 2-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning when Central broke loose scoring five runs with two outs in the frame on a 2-RBI single to left by Grace Lawton and then a 3-RBI, bases-clearing double to center by Ashley Viesta.
• Viesta went 2-for-4 at the plate in game one.
• Alina Varga starred again in the pitching circle for the Blue Devils, picking up her fourth straight win as a starter to raise her season record to 5-6.  Varga fired her team's first shutout of the season in Saturday's opener going the distance allowing only two hits; while striking out seven and working around six walks.

KEY MOMENTS FROM SATURDAY'S GAME TWO SHUTOUT:

• Grace Lawton gave CCSU a 1-0 lead in the bottom of third inning with an RBI-single for her third run batted in of the doubleheader.
• Ava Cino then connected on her second home run in as many games, blasting a two-run shot this time, to increase the Blue Devils' lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning.
• Central would add two more tallies in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 5-0 in favor of the home team, when Reagan Vunak came through with a 2-RBI single.
• As a team, CCSU would bang out nine hits in the nightcap led by a 3-for-4 performance at the dish by Jazmin Lasane.  Two of Lasane's hits were doubles.
• In the pitching circle in game two, Liz Hamilton would not allow a base hit until a bloop single to centerfield spoiled her no-hit bid with one out in the top of the sixth inning.  Liz would allow only three hits in working a complete game shutout in the nightcap to raise her season record to 4-3.  In her seven innings of work, she struck out four Wagner batters and issued only one base on balls.

NOTES:

• With Saturday's two wins, the Blue Devils are now 8-6 at home so far during the 2025 campaign.

UP NEXT:

• The Blue Devils and Seahawks complete their three-game NEC series on Sunday at the CCSU Softball Field with a 12 noon single game.