HAMILTON, N.Y. (5/3/07) – Senior right-hander Kelsey Nordstrom (Salina, KS) fired a five-inning no-hitter in the opener to lead Colgate to a non-conference doubleheader sweep over Binghamton Thursday at the Eaton Street Field.

 

Colgate (19-22) won the opener 8-0, before tagging the Bearcats (7-31) with a 2-0 shutout in the nightcap.

 

Nordstrom (11-7) pitched her first collegiate no-hitter on senior day for her career best 11^th win of the season.  She walked four and struck out seven for the 10^th shutout of her career and fifth of the campaign.

 

Colgate opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the first inning, when Kimberley Spinks (Bristow, VA) walked with the bases loaded, and the second run coming in on a Binghamton fielding error.

 

The Raiders upped their advantage to 4-0 in the third inning on a two-run homer over the right field fence by Spinks.  It was her third round-tripper of the season.

 

In the fourth inning, Colgate broke the contest open with four runs to move ahead 8-0.  Tiana Tyeskey (Granite Bay, CA) had a RBI double, followed by Calla Yee’s (Salinas, CA) two-run single and Ashley Rowe’s (Tampa, FL) RBI single.

 

Tyeskey was 2-for-3, while Rowe went 2-for-3 and Jessi Bentovoja (El Dorado Hills, CA) 2-for-2.

 

Freshman Jesse McCarrick (Oak Hill, VA) pitched a three-hitter in the nightcap for her first collegiate shutout.  She walked two and struck out a career-high six batters.

 

With two outs in the third inning, Colgate’s Vicky Ortengren (Colorado Springs, CO) hit a line drive homer over the right field fence for a 1-0 lead.  The Raiders added an insurance run in the sixth inning, when Rowe scored on a wild pitch.

 

Catcher Erin Gomez (Lawrenceville, NJ) was 2-for-3 including her sixth double of the season, while Ortengren, Rowe and Whitney Scott (Beaverton, OR) had one hit apiece.

 

Colgate will play host to Bucknell in a four-game series this weekend with a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday.