SALISBURY, Md. – Lindsey Windsor and Nicole Ortega pitched a combined no-hitter to lead the top-ranked Salisbury University softball team to sweep the Cabrini Cavaliers on Friday. Windsor and Ortega spun a gem to pace a 10-2 five-inning win in Game 1 followed by a 9-0 run-rule win in Game 2. The wins pushed the Sea Gulls' record to 30-2 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 1

• Salisbury started off the game with a bang with back-to-back solo home runs by Natalie Paoli and Lindsey Windsor to quickly give the Maroon and Gold the 2-0 lead in the first.
• The Sea Gulls extended its lead to 4-0 in the third inning with bunts by Emily Stockman and Madi Lemon to score McKenna Horner and Sam Flowers.
• Windsor walked the bases loaded with no outs but was able to work out of the jam with three-straight groundouts to limit the damage to just two runs in the fourth inning.
• Paoli and Windsor led off the fourth with back-to-back singles before Maddison Lednum hit a two-run single to score both. After Lednum scored on a fielding error, Emily Stockman roped a double down the left-field line to score Carrie Jacoby and Lauren Meyers. Lexie Delcollo scored on an RBI groundout by Abby Mace to push Salisbury's lead to 10-2.
• Nicole Ortega sat down the side in order in the fifth to clinch the no-hitter.

NO HITTER!!! Lindsey Windsor and Nicole Ortega combine for the 54th no-hitter in @SalisburySB history!!

Salisbury 10, Cabrini 2 (Final - 5 inn.) #GoGulls #d3sb pic.twitter.com/zTKazK7oZZ

— Salisbury Athletics (@SUSeaGulls) April 14, 2023

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 1

• Lindsey Windsor and Natalie Paoli hit their fourth and third home runs of the season respectively. Windsor and Paoli each went 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
• Emily Stockman drove in three, two of which came on her double in the fourth, in a 2-for-3 game.
• Carrie Jacoby was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate.
• Windsor and Nicole Ortega pitched the 54th no-hitter in team history. It is the second time in her career that Windsor has been involved in a no-hitter after blanking the Lynchburg Hornets on March 18, 2022. Windsor struck out four to earn her ninth win of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME 2

• After Abby Mace led off the game with a triple, Natalie Paoli drove her in with an RBI single to right center to put the Sea Gulls on the board.
• With the bases loaded in the second inning, Lindsey Windsor dropped a two-run single to center field to score Mace and Sam Flowers to give the Sea Gulls a 3-0 lead.
• Flowers drove in Taylor Scott in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to extend the SU lead to 4-0.
• The floodgates opened in the fourth inning after Mace launched a home run to left-center field to open the frame. Maddison Lednum scored Paoli on an RBI double followed by Lauren Meyers driving home Lednum on an RBI single. After a pitching change, Ellen Tarjan sent a two-run moonshot over the left-field fence that gave the Sea Gulls the 9-0 lead.

 

SB: What a way to get your first career hit as Ellen Tarjan goes yard in the fourth!@SalisburySB 9, Cabrini 0 (End 4th) #d3sb pic.twitter.com/ijBzIijif1

— Salisbury Athletics (@SUSeaGulls) April 14, 2023

SALISBURY GAME NOTES – GAME 2

• Abby Mace was a double away from the cycle with a 3-for-3 nightcap. She hit her sixth home run of the season in the fourth inning.
• Natalie Paoli was 2-for-2 at the two spot.
• Ellen Tarjan's first collegiate hit was her two-run blast in the fourth inning.
• Lauren Meyers also had a multi-hit game with a pair of singles.
• Lindsey Windsor drove in two runs in the second inning.
• Nicole Ortega picked up her eighth win of the season with three innings of shutout work.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will head north to Pennsylvania to take on the York Spartans on Sunday, April 16.
• The doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. in York.

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