Poirier’s No-Hitter Carries Army Past Columbia

Friday, February 24

Madeira Beach, Fla.

4 PM

Army West Point

3-4

Columbia

0-1

Columbia

Army West Point

Poirier’s No-Hitter Carries Army Past Columbia

February 24, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

Madeira Beach, Fla. – The Army West Point softball team cruised to its second shutout victory of the day as sophomore pitcher Renee Poirier tossed the first no-hitter of her career in an 8-0 victory over Columbia in five innings on Friday afternoon.

The Black Knights jumped to 3-4 on the year, while the Bears fell to 0-1.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army improve to 2-6 in the all-time series against Columbia.
Today was the first time that the Black Knights posted back-to-back shutout victories since the first round of the 2013 Patriot League Tournament at Lehigh when they won 4-0 and 5-0.
Sophomore Renee Poirier tossed her first-career no-hitter in the victory.
Poirier's no-hitter is the first for Army since senior Caroline Smith did so against Hartford on May 3.
This was Poirier's second win of the season.
The Plainville, Mass., native recorded her first career hit in a multi-hit effort that included a double.
Army posted season bests in hits (nine) and runs (eight), RBI (six) doubles (three) and extra base hits (three).
This was the second time this season that the Black Knights have not committed an error, along with a clean defensive sheet against UT Martin on Feb. 11.
Senior Alee Rashenskas recorded her first three-hit game of the season and second for Army, joining freshman Lacey Swafford.
Swafford has tallied a hit in each of the last six games.

KEY MOMENT
Poirier shut down the Bear's offense, recording the first no-hitter of her career.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights got out to an early lead and never look back as they cruised to an 8-0 win in five innings.
Nena Riccoboni hit a sacrifice fly that scored Rashenskas in the first inning to open the scoring for Army.
After hitting a batter in the first inning, Poirier was dialed in, shutting down the Bears in the second and fourth innings.
Army got back on the board in the third inning as a pair of errors resulted in two runs for the Black Knights.
Rashenskas recorded her first of two RBI on the day with a single that scored Amelia Trotter.
She would be driven in on a Riccoboni single through the right side to extend the lead to three runs.
The Cadets piled on four more runs in the fourth, starting with back-to-back one-out hits from Ashley Yoo and Poirier.
Trotter drove in Yoo on a fielder's choice, advancing Poirier to third base.
Swafford knocked in both Poirier and Trotter with a double to left field to make it a six-run game.
Rashenskas added a single to right before Swafford scored on an error by the catcher.
Madison Cole doubled to begin the fifth inning, advancing to third on an error.
Poirier closed out her stellar performance with an RBI single to end the game, scoring pinch-runner Michaela Hoover.