COLCHESTER, Vt. – Senior Morgan Perry (Bethany, Conn.) of the nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College softball team pitched a no-hitter in her team's 3-0 game one victory over Saint Michael's College on Friday afternoon. The squad followed up with a 6-2 win in game two.

Saint Anselm, the 15th-ranked team in NCAA Division II, improves to 18-4 on the year and to 15-3 against Northeast-10 Conference opponents. Saint Michael's falls to 5-13 on the year. The Hawks will finish the four-game series with Saint Michael's on Saturday, Apr. 24. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.

The no-hitter marked the third of Perry's career with the most recent no-no coming on Mar. 21, 2021 when she struck out 16 batters in the victory over New Haven in the season opener. Her other no-hitter was in 2020 when she fanned 10 batters via strikeouts, allowing just one walk in the 9-0 shutout win over Cedarville in Winter Haven, Fla.

Perry established a new program record with her 18 strikeouts in game one. She set the previous team record of 17, accomplishing that feat earlier this season against Bentley. So far this season, Perry has struck out 140 batters, ranking in the top 15 of the program's single-season category.

With the win, Perry tied with Angela Locsin of Pace with the top spot on the NE10 all-time wins list with 78 to her credit. She sits just six strikeouts shy of 700 for her career.

In game two, the Hawks scored four runs in the opening two innings and never looked back on the way to a 6-2 win.

GAME ONE – No. 15 Saint Anselm 3, Saint Michael's 0 (Box Score)

The opening game was highlighted by the pitching of Perry, who has won 43 of her last 44 games since defeating Ferris State by a 1-0 margin on Mar. 9, 2019.

Senior Lauren Washburn (Carmichael, Calif.) led the game off with a double to left field, scoring junior Bre Klaiber (Ironton, Ohio) in the first inning. Then, Perry went to town, striking out the next 11 batters before Grace Trautman grounded out to sophomore Kylie Fitzpatrick (Danville, N.H.) in the fourth inning.

In the process, Saint Anselm added another run as Klaiber singled up the middle, bringing Fitzpatrick home in the third inning. The Hawks held the 2-0 advantage until they secured an insurance run in the fifth inning. Senior Shannon Colson (Rochester, N.H.) tripled to left field early in the inning before Fitzpatrick grounded out to shortstop, allowing her teammate on third base to score.

Perry would keep going in the circle, fanning seven of the next 10 batters to claim the victory for the Hawks.

Jackie Cherry of the Purple Knights threw the entire seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs.

GAME TWO – No. 15 Saint Anselm 6, Saint Michael's 2 (Box Score)

The Hawks kept the momentum going early in game two, scoring three runs in just the first inning. Following singles by Fitzpatrick and Klaiber, Washburn drove her teammates home with a double to center field. In the next at-bat, freshman Gracie O'Hara (Shrewsbury, Mass.) tripled down the right-field line, sending Washburn home.

In the next inning, the Hawks put another run on the board as the Purple Knights committed a throwing error, allowing senior Erin Thompson (Newton, N.H.) to score from third.

The Hawks and Purple Knights held each other scoreless until the sixth inning where the Hawks struck again as senior Bailey Cain (Wellington, Fla.) lofted a sacrifice fly, which brought freshman Brianna Belisle (South Burlington, Vt.) home. The hosts responded with a run of their own in the bottom half of the sixth, cutting the deficit to 5-1. In the seventh, sophomore Lauren Moran (Leicester, Mass.) further secured the Hawks win in game two, scoring another run by evading the throw at home plate.

In the circle, senior Courtney Fisher (Taunton, Mass.) struck out two batters in the win, surrendering 11 hits and two runs over seven full innings. Fisher earned her fourth victory of the season on Friday.