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By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n
Lizzie Annerino found her groove nearly immediately on Wednesday afternoon. Facing a Big East opponent on the Terrier home field, the sophomore right-hander made sure to finish what she started.<\/p>\n
Annerino (2-3, 2.17 ERA) made her fifth and best start of the 2018 campaign. She stymied the Providence offense in scattering five hits and one walk, striking out four in a complete game shutout and 7-0 win. She threw 95 pitches.<\/p>\n
“I just threw a lot of different pitches in different zones,” Annerino said. “I’m gonna give you all my great pitches, but just mixed it up and kept them off balance with my change.”<\/p>\n
“She did a really good job,” Terrier head coach Ashley Waters said. “She and I chatted last week and she wanted the ball which is something I love. She is a kid that has legitimately worked incredibly hard and wants to pitch. To have an outing in which she went the full seven, that’s excellent.”<\/p>\n
Her drop and curve were unhittable, mixing in her nasty off speed stuff with a plus heater. Oftentimes, Providence hitters were completely fooled by her arsenal.<\/p>\n
The Terriers (30-17, 10-2 Patriot League) extended their winning streak to 13 games with the win over Providence (11-27) to match the longest streak in program history since 2014.<\/p>\n
Freshman pitcher Ali DuBois has cemented herself as the de facto number one starter this year, but Annerino is looking to establish herself as the ever-important second starter, which becomes necessary during the postseason. Wednesday afternoon was both her first complete game and her first complete game shutout.<\/p>\n
“I feel like coming out everyday, and being mentally dialed in, pitching wherever I’m needed,” Annerino said. “It may not be everyday, but that’s fine. As long as I have a role and we get a win, it doesn’t really matter.”<\/p>\n
“For us it’s very important heading into these finals weekends to have someone who can shut offenses down,” Waters said.<\/p>\n
After opening the game giving up consecutive singles to Providence’s Emma Lee and Julianne Rurka, junior catcher Alex Heinen picked Lee off at second base. Annerino followed with a strikeout and induced a flyout to left. She escaped a one out, runner on second base jam unscathed in the top of the second.<\/p>\n
The Oak Lawn, Illinois native got a run to work with in the bottom half of the first when senior Emma Wong scored from third base on a play where a throw went to second when Heinen was trying to steal. Wong reached on a walk and advanced on a single by Heinen to make it 1-0.<\/p>\n
Annerino appeared in 17 contests as a freshman, making five starts. She accrued a 7.91 ERA in 25.2 innings of work.<\/p>\n
Wong came around to score again on an RBI triple by Heinen in the bottom of the third.<\/p>\n
But Heinen wasn’t done, adding a two-run double with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make it 4-0.<\/p>\n
Senior centerfielder Jilee Schanda extended her hitting streak to 15 games with a 3-run bomb two batters later to finalize the score at 7-0. The reigning Patriot League Player of the Week hit her 2nd homer of the year, recording her 20th extra-base hit of the season.<\/p>\n
Their offense has been red hot as of late, and there are no signs they are slowing down.<\/p>\n
“There is not one person on our team that’s our hero,” Waters said. “We have a bunch of kids who step up in big moments and that’s the coolest part.”<\/p>\n
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