WEST HARTFORD, CT – Siena Softball returned to weekend action on a high note Friday afternoon, blanking Hartford, 8-0, in six innings at the Hartford Softball Field in West Hartford, Connecticut.

The Saints (11-5) held a 12-3 hits advantage while recording their second run-rule victory of the year. After a pair of scoreless innings to begin action, a two RBI single up the middle from graduate student Ava Fitzmaurice sent home juniors Isabella Pardo and Mikala Fletcher in the top of the third. Senior Angelina Stile scored off a sacrifice fly from senior Emma McLaughlin in the fourth, while senior Shannon Bonewit followed with an RBI single to plate classmate Jocelyn Ulrich later in the inning to make it 4-0.

Pardo crossed on a Fitzmaurice sacrifice fly in the fifth, while a solo shot from Ulrich further extended the lead in the sixth to 6-0. An RBI ground out from Bonewit and an RBI single from Pardo sealed the deal for the Green and Gold later in the inning.

Pardo finished the day 3-4 with two runs and an RBI to lead Siena offensively, while Fitzmaurice (4-2) took home the win in the circle with no runs allowed in two hits and seven strikeouts. Senior Allison Speshyock struck out one and allowed just a single hit in one and two-thirds innings thereafter.

Siena and Hartford will wrap the weekend with a doubleheader beginning at Noon on Saturday, March 18.