Last Week’s Stats: 0-0 ERA, 1-0 Record, 2 APP, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 9.0 IP, 1 CG, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K, .000 OPP BA
Donovan made history for Stonehill last week, as she tossed the program’s first-ever no-hitter as a Division I program — and the Skyhawks’ first since the 2016 campaign — against Evansville at the Bellarmine Invitational. The junior hurler was stellar against the Purple Aces on Friday. Donovan, who allowed just four base runners on three walks and an error, got all the run support she needed to cruise to the 1-0 triumph after Isabella Therrien provided the only scoring of the game on an RBI single in the top half of the first. The Marblehead, MA native finished with five punchouts in the triumph. Donovan’s lockdown pitching continued the next day when Stonehill faced host team Bellarmine. Coming out of the bullpen, she pitched two scoreless frames and did not allow a base runner on her watch to help the Skyhawks seal the 4-2 victory. Donovan enters the week riding 9.0 innings of hitless and scoreless ball. With her stellar pitching this past week, she leads the conference in ERA (2.76), opposing batting average (.156), hits allowed (7), runs allowed (5) and earned runs allowed (5). This is her first NEC Pitcher of the Week award, and the second for a Skyhawk this season.