Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Ohio starting pitcher Danielle Stiene threw a five-inning perfect game as the Bobcats handed Lafayette an 8-0 decision in the second game of the Charleston Challenge.

Stiene (5-2) struck out eight while throwing 52 strikes in 67 pitches. She did not walk or hit any batters, facing just 15 Leopard hitters in the mercy-rule shortened contest. The Lafayette batting order took Stiene to a 3-2 count just once when Brooke Wensel ended the fourth inning on a pop up.

Ohio (16-6) led from the outset, scoring a run in the first inning on Natalie Alvarez's RBI-double and another run in the third on Alvarez's run-scoring single. Alvarez finished 3-for-3 with three RBI.

Lafayette (1-5) starter Stacy Gordon pitched into the fifth before running into trouble. She hit the first batter of the inning and then Ohio rattled off three straight hits to chase her from the game. Reliever Alexis Randall retired one batter, but the next hitter, Stiene, singled in two more runs. The Bobcats pushed the final to 8-0, scoring on an error and a bases-loaded walk to end the game.

Gordon moved to 1-1 on the season, allowing six runs on seven hits while striking out two and walking two. Randall gave up one earned run in a third of an inning.

The Leopards have a added a doubleheader at Penn beginning at 3 p.m. on Monday.