RENSSALEAR, IND. – Junior
Hannah Perryman has moved past school records and is now setting NCAA records.
The left-handed twirler tossed her fourth perfect game of the season and the fifth of her career on Friday to help the No. 3 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team to an 8-0 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory at Saint Joseph's. In doing so, she set new NCAA Division II single season and career records for perfect games.
Perryman (20-2) struck out 15 in the win, including the first seven she faced, and relied on the defense behind her with four fly outs and two ground outs. The shutout was her 10
th of the season and the 30
th of her career.
The Tritons also won the nightcap, 6-4, to improve to 37-3 overall, including 22-2 in the GLVC. UMSL has won 19 straight and will travel to No. 10 Indianapolis tomorrow at 12 p.m. (EST)
GAME 1: UMSL 8, Saint Joseph's 0While Perryman shut down the Pumas offense, the Tritons offense batted out 11 hits, including a 4-for-4 performance from sophomore
Sara Kern. Senior
Hannah Wessels added three hits, including a three-run home run in a four-run sixth inning, and finished with four RBI. UMSL tallied three doubles, including one each from Kern and seniors
Brianna Butler and
Madison Zbaraschuk.
GAME 2: UMSL 6, Saint Joseph's 4Zbaraschuk recorded three hits and three RBIs, including an RBI single in the first inning and a two-run double in the fifth that extended UMSL's lead to 5-1, while freshman
Jennah Perryman added two hits for the Tritons, which tallied nine.
Senior
Brittni Chapman garnered the win, going five and two-thirds of an inning, while H. Perryman picked up the save in one and two-thirds of an inning, striking out all five batters she faced.
