Senior pitcher Kylie Hosey threw the fourth-no hitter in program history to lead the 15th-ranked Case Western Reserve University softball team to a sweep of New York University on Saturday afternoon at Mather Park in Cleveland. CWRU won the first game 5-0 and took the second contest 7-0 to blank the Violets in both games.

The Spartans improved to 19-8 overall and 6-3 in the University Athletic Association. Midway through the conference schedule, CWRU is third in the league standings, two games behind WashU (8-1) and half a game behind Emory (8-4). The Violets dropped to 9-20 overall and 1-8 in the UAA.

Hosey faced the minimum in a complete game shutout to begin the day, striking out five Violets in her historic start. The no-hitter was the second of her career after she did not allow a base knock against John Carroll on March 23, 2022. The only Violet baserunner she allowed was an error with one out in the second inning, which the Spartans cleared with a double play on the next batter. Hosey retired the final 16 batters she faced in the contest to clinch the victory.

Game 1: #15 CWRU 5, NYU 0

Offensively, senior catcher Katelyn Lamm drove in the first run of the day with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the first inning. First-year infielder Kaelyn Zusi followed with a run-scoring single to double the advantage.

CWRU loaded the bases to start the third inning on a hit by pitch, walk, and infield single. First-year outfielder Laura Meoli drove in a run with a pinch-hit infield single, and sophomore outfielder Nylah Durham increased the lead with a run-scoring fielder's choice.

Senior infielder Isabella Russo led off the fifth inning with a home run, her third of the season, to increase the lead to five.

Russo had two hits in the first game with eight Spartans recording hits in the contest. Senior infielder Elizabeth Berry extended her team-best hitting streak to nine games, and sophomore infielder Karen Potts reached base for the 22nd game in a row.

Hosey (7-5) lowered her earned run average to 3.59 with the shutout. It was her first this season and the fourth of her career.

Game 2: #15 CWRU 7, NYU 0

Potts led off the first inning of the second game with a hit to extend her on-base streak to 23 games, but she was stranded on second after a sacrifice bunt.

With one out in the third inning, Berry extended her hitting streak to 10 with a single, and Gross followed with a hit of her own. Russo drove in a run with a single to break the scoreless tie for her third run batted in of the day. Later in the inning, first-year outfielder Ashley Miller doubled the lead with a bases loaded infield single.

CWRU led off the fifth inning with back-to-back doubles by Russo and Lamm, bringing home the third run of the game. Gross made the score 4-0 in the sixth inning with a run-scoring single, her second hit of the contest and seventh of the weekend. After Russo reached on a hit by pitch, Lamm crushed a three-run homer, her second of the season, to remove any doubt about the outcome of the game.

In the circle, senior pitcher Lexi Miskey (12-3) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and three walks to go along with five strikeouts. Meoli pitched a perfect seventh to clinch the shutout.

The first five batters in the Spartan lineup for the second game—Potts, Berry, Gross, Russo, and Lamm—each recorded two hits. Miller also had a two-hit game, her second of the series, and Lamm drove in a career-high four runs.

CWRU will play a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, traveling to Hiram, Ohio, for a pair of games against the Hiram Terriers starting at 3:30 p.m.

Spartan Notes

• The other two no-hitters in program history were thrown by Katie Dzierwa on April 30, 2017, against Heidelberg and Becky Palmer on March 31, 1999, against John Carroll
• The no-no was the first by a UAA pitcher this season. The last by a hurler in conference play was on April 13, 2024, when Carnegie Mellon's Amanda Smith blanked the Violets
• CWRU improved to 23-5 against NYU all-time, including wins in their last 15 matchups. The last Violet win in the series came on March 29, 2019
• The Spartans allowed just one run in the series on five hits, holding the Violets to a .086 batting average across three games
• Russo scored her 100th career run in the second game of the doubleheader, becoming just the fourth player in program history with at least 100 runs scored and 100 runs driven in. She joined Gross and former Spartans Annie Wennerberg and Nicole Doyle in the 100/100 club