How It Happened
Senior Caitlin O'Leary delivered a pinch-hit single to drive in Skyler Rapuano with two outs in the top of the seventh to lift Rhode Island to a 1-0 win at St. Bonaventure Saturday afternoon.

Rapuano led off the seventh with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jessica Hennelly. She then moved to third on a fly out by Becca Zawistowski. O'Leary came on as a pinch hitter and was quickly down 0-2, she fouled off two pitches and worked her way to a 2-2 count. After fouling off two more pitches, O'Leary reached on an infield single that brought Rapuano in with the game's only run.

Rhode Island (19-27-1, 9-11 Atlantic 10) won its third straight conference road game.

Senior Liz Lynchard (10-11) threw her second complete-game shutout of the week, allowing just three singles and no walks. She has now thrown 16.2 scoreless innings over her last three outings.

Inside the Box Score

• Senior Caitlin O'Leary has pinch-hit RBI singles in each of her last two appearances.
• Senior Skyler Rapuano singled and scored the lone run of the game.
• Senior Rachel Zingerman had a triple, her seventh of the season. She has four triples in her last seven games. The seven triples are tied for the second most in a season in team history. Only Kellie Cookus (9 in 1998) had more in one season.
• The triple was the ninth of Zingerman's career, tying her fifth in program history.
• Freshman Hannah Hernandez had a single, extending her hitting streak to three games.
• Fellow freshmen Becca Zawistowski and Kylie Bulinski each had one single.
• Senior Liz Lynchard won her 10th game of the season. The last Ram to record 10 wins in a season was Becca Rogers in 2019.
• Lynchard also is the first Rhody pitcher with four shutouts in one season since Jenna Thurston had a program-record nine in 2003.