STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Mia Haynes and Ashton Melaas combined to throw a shutout on Wednesday as Stony Brook blanked St. John's, 9-0, to win its eighth straight game.

Haynes picked up the win for Stony Brook, going five shutout innings while giving up one hit, walking one, and striking out seven. Melaas was dealing out of the bullpen as well, throwing a shutout inning without allowing a hit, walking none and striking out one.

Naiah Ackerman drove in a career-high five runs; Catherine Anne Kupinski and Corinne Badger homered in the victory as well.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Seawolves took a lead in the first inning, plating a run on a bases-loaded walk by Ackerman.
• Haynes began the afternoon with three hitless innings before allowing her first hit with two outs in the fourth frame. She worked around a pair of baserunners to keep the Red Storm off the board.
• Kupinski led off the home half of the third inning with a solo shot to center. Ackerman followed with a round-tripper to left that put the Seawolves ahead 4-0.
• Julianna Sanzone doubled off the fence in left-center, adding to Stony Brook's lead in the fourth. Ackerman added on two more RBI with a rope to left, pushing the Seawolves' lead to six runs.
• Haynes retired the side in order in the fifth inning before giving way to Melaas out of the pen for the sixth inning. Melaas punched out the first batter she faced en route to a 1-2-3 inning, setting up the Seawolves for the walk-off win.
• Kupinski drew a leadoff walk and Badger followed with a no-doubt homer to left-center that enacted the run rule in the sixth inning.

• Haynes and Melaas combined to throw a one-hit shutout. The shutout is Stony Brook's eighth of the season, the fifth in the last six contests and the second one-hitter of the year for the squad.
• Haynes struck out seven Red Storm hitters. Melaas faced three hitters, striking out one.
• Ackerman drove in a career-high five runs for Stony Brook, the most in a single game by a Seawolf this season.
• Four Seawolves (Kyra McFarland, Kupinski, Badger and Ackerman) had multiple hits in the ballgame.
• McFarland extended her hitting streak to a team-leading 10 straight games with a first-inning single. She also registered her team-leading 15th multi-hit effort of the year.
• Stony Brook hitters hit three home runs in the ballgame.
• The Seawolves out-hit the Red Storm at an 11-1 clip.
• Stony Brook pitchers limited St. John's to an 0-for-4 mark with runners in scoring position.
• The Seawolves drew five walks from St. John's pitching.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Really great effort by our team today. It was a really well-played ballgame on our part from beginning to end," head coach Megan T. Bryant noted postgame. "I thought we put a lot of things together. We have a great approach right now and we'll take that into this weekend."

UP NEXT
Stony Brook resumes CAA action this week with a three-game set at Hofstra. The Seawolves head to Nassau to kick-off the series with their Long Island rivals on Friday, April 12. First pitch on Friday is set for 5 p.m., with the contest streaming on FloSoftball.

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