New Paltz, NY — The State University of New York at New Paltz swept its series against SUNY Brockport Saturday at Mary Gray Deane Field, 6-0 and 8-0, respectively led by a historic performance by ace Lindsay Roman who recorded the first perfect game for the Hawks in at least 30 years.
 
Roman sat down 21 straight batters through seven innings of work with no hits or walks to record the first perfect game in program history in recent memory, leading the way to a 6-0 win in game one.
 
SUNY New Paltz gave Roman run support early, as Rhionna Bianchini led off with a walk and reached home after consecutive steals and then an errant throw to bump the opening lead to 1-0. The Hawks added two more in the second, as an RBI double by Bianchini plated Juliet Bernstein with Jackie Rometo following up with an RBI double in the next at-bat to score Laurne Serrao.
 
Serrao led off the bottom of the fourth with a walk before Bianchini, Rometo and Shelbourne led off with back-to-back-to-back singles, which allowed Serrao to score and pushed the advantage to 5-0. Sydney Bonewit capped the inning with a sacrifice fly to plate Rometo and boosted the lead to 6-0 heading into the fifth. Roman then retired the next nine batters quickly with the final on a flyout to left to solidify history for the Hawks.
 
 
SUNY New Paltz took its momentum into game two with Sydney Waldon earning the start and throwing three innings, allowing just a hit with two strikeouts in 11 batters faced to secure the win, improving to 2-1 on the year. Jillian Harrison and Erin Barno threw the last two innings and let up just one hit, ending a dominant day on the hill for the Hawks as they held the Golden Eagles to just two total hits in the two games combined.
 
Game two was put away in the second and third innings for SUNY New Paltz, scoring four apiece in each. Bonewit started off the bottom of the second with a single and then put herself in scoring position on a stolen base. Juliet Bernstein singled and Jaycee Filancia loaded the bases on a walk. Isabella Shepherd came in to pinch hit for Serrao and delivered with an RBI single to right to give SUNY New Paltz the initial lead. Two batters later, Rometo reached on an error at first, which allowed three runs to score to bring the lead to 4-0.
Kelly Marmorowski smashed a double to the center field fence to score Bonewit and Kelsey O'Brien in the bottom of the third. Bianchini capped the scoring on a two RBI base hit to left that plated Shepherd and Filancia who each reached on singles.
 
Offensively, Bonewit went 3-for-6 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base. Bianchini also hit 3-for-6 with three runs and three RBI, while Serrao finished 2-for-2 with two runs and a walk in game one. Rometo went 3-for-4 with a run and two RBI in game one, while Sheperd finished 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI in game two.
 
SUNY New Paltz improved to 12-10 overall with the sweep and 3-1 in the SUNYAC, keeping pace for third in the conference after one conference weekend in the books.
 
The Hawks are on the road for their next eight games, starting with a Friday series at Cortland April 14 and Oswego April 15.

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