Corrick’s third no-hitter on the season moves her into second all-time at USF with five career
TAMPA, Fla. May 1, 2021 – Junior pitcher Georgina Corrick (Sanford, Fla.) rang in May with a rare feat, posting her second-straight no-hitter in the Bulls’ opening game of a double-header with ECU (11-32; 2-17 AAC) Saturday at the USF Softball Stadium.
The Bulls claimed both games on the day – winning 1-0 and 4-1 to improve to 27-12 on the year and 15-3 in the AAC, winning 10 of their last 13 to remain at the top of the American Athletic Conference standings in their quest for their third straight regular-season conference title and fourth in the last five seasons.
Game One – USF 1, ECU 0
Corrick, an All-American and two-time AAC Pitcher of the Year, tossed another gem in Saturday’s opener after allowing just two base runners in posting a no-hitter on Friday. She allowed just three base runners in Saturday’s first game – with Pirates reaching via a walk, hit by pitch and error – as she stymied ECU for a 1-0 victory. It marked her third no-hitter of the season and fifth career, putting her second all-time at USF behind only Sara Nevins’ (2011-14) nine.
Corrick improved to 20-4 on the season with her 31st career shutout, just two shy of Jennifer Thompson (1996-99) for second all-time at USF. She entered the weekend ranked eighth in wins and third in shutouts nationally.
Alexis Johns (Sarasota, Fla.) scored on a passed ball in the sixth inning for the winning run for the Bulls. Johns reached base by singling through the left side, stole second and advanced to third on a ground out by AnaMarie Bruni (Schwenksville, Pa.).
Game Two – USF 4, ECU 0
Lexie Kopko (Stewartstown, Pa.) followed in Corrick’s footsteps in game two, pitching 3.1 no-hit innings and facing only two over the minimum to earn her first career victory in game two. Corrick, building on her already incredible weekend, closed out the game in the circle, striking out another five batters to earn her third save of the season.
Kyndall Williams (Trenton, Fla.) put USF on the board early, driving home Bruni to give the Bulls a 1-0 lead. ECU responded with a solo home run to tie the game at 1-1.
South Florida put the game out of reach of the Pirates in the bottom of the second. Alanah Rivera (St. Petersburg, Fla.) tripled down the right-field line to score Megan Pierro (Lutz, Fla.). Josie Foreman (West Palm Beach, Fla.) added insurance runs to the Bulls’ total, sending a home run over the left-field fence to cap the scoring at 4-1.
Quotable
Head coach Ken Eriksen on Georgina Corrick…
“She’s basically taken this team on her back on the defensive side of the ball and said, ‘you know what, I’m going to hold them at zero for as long as possible and you guys do your job.’ That’s a team player. I would tell you right now that probably, between yesterday and today, she had no idea whether it was a perfect game or a no-hitter, but her and the catchers were working on getting the hitters out. To keep that type of focus and not really know what’s going on in the statistical world, that’s pretty special right there, for her to come out in the last three games and throw 16.2 innings of no-hit ball.”
Eriksen on Lexie Kopko earning her first collegiate win…
“That was a great performance (by Lexie). She’s been building up for this day throughout the entire spring. Just ‘give me the ball, I’m honing my skills.’ Today, she was really under control. She was competitive from the get-go and I thought Josie did a great job with her, leading her. She was special today. She shut down a huge inning with the bases loaded. That was a pretty big turning point in game two.
Notables
- Corrick now has 268 strikeouts on the season, which ranks sixth on USF’s single season list just ahead her 260 recorded in 2019. Sara Nevins owns the record of 336 set in 2012.
- Corrick recorded her 72nd career win, which is now just two short of second all-time in the AAC. Alea White (UCF) owns the record with 94.
- Corrick posted 10 strikeouts in the opener, her 15th game on the year with 10 or more and to move her career total to 819 (second all-time at USF).
- Bruni needs just one stolen base to set a new USF single-season record. She currently has 33 on the year, tying, for the second time in her career, the mark of 33 set by Shelly Riker set in 2002.
- Corrick has gone 21 outs without allowing a hit, dating back to the first batter of the third inning against Wichita State on April 25.
Up Next
USF will wrap-up the weekend series with ECU on Sunday with a 2 p.m. first pitch. Due to virus mitigation measures and the size of the venue, fan attendance will be limited to team pass list only at USF Softball Stadium. All four games in the set will be streamed on ESPN+.
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