Softball continued their season dominance at home this weekend, claiming wins in two of three games against Rhode Island to improve to 30-18 overall and 14-9 in Atlantic 10 play.
The Revolutionaries, who entered the weekend with zero conference losses at home, honored eight seniors and graduate students during Saturday’s Senior Day ceremony before a close Saturday game one. The series win brings GW to fourth in the A-10, where they stand 3.5 games back from first-place Saint Louis.
The series win against the Rams comes on the heels of the team of Saint Joseph’s blanking last weekend, which marked their second-consecutive road sweep after losing three straight to Saint Louis in early April. Before that series, GW stood first in the conference after winning three games against Dayton.
Game 1: GW 1, Rhode Island zero
Saturday’s opener was a pitchers’ duel that weathered two lengthy rain and lightning delays, with one delay lasting an hour and the other thirty minutes. Sophomore pitcher Cece Smith and Rhode Island’s sophomore pitcher Avery Vale-Cruz dominated early, not allowing any hits through the first two innings before the first weather delay halted play for nearly 90 minutes.
When action resumed, graduate student Madi Mays delivered the game’s only run with a clutch two-out solo home run in the fourth inning, her third of the season. Rhode Island threatened with three base runners in the last two innings, but junior reliever Chloe Greene dominated during her appearance, allowing just one hit over the final 3.1 innings to preserve the shutout victory.
The win improved GW’s home conference record to a perfect 10-0 on the season, while Smith and Greene combined their pitching efforts to hold the Rams to just three hits in the contest.
Game 2: GW 7, Rhode Island zero
The Revs wasted no time in Sunday’s first game, jumping to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. The top of GW’s lineup was firing on all cylinders as the first three batters of graduate student catcher Allison Heffley, junior left fielder Ashley Corpuz and Mays each collected two hits apiece in the game.
Corpuz and Mays proved to be a formidable duo, delivering consecutive RBI hits in both the second and fourth innings to help build GW’s commanding 7-0 lead. Freshman infielder Emi Todoroki started the scoring with an RBI single in the first, while freshman Kaylee Layfield and graduate student Carolyn Skotz added sacrifice RBIs to round out the attack.
Graduate student Anna Reed was dominant in the circle, tossing her eighth complete game of the season while scattering five hits and striking out four. Despite Rhode Island placing runners on base throughout the game, Reed’s situational pitching stranded nine Rams baserunners.
The shutout was GW’s 13th of the season, tying the program record, while Reed secured her team-leading 15th victory of the year.
Game 3: Rhode Island 3, GW zero
Rhode Island salvaged the finale behind a stellar pitching performance from Vale-Cruz, who limited the Revs to just three hits while going the distance. The loss marked GW’s first home conference defeat of the 2025 season.
Greene battled through six solid innings for GW, keeping the team within striking distance by allowing just one run in the fifth and another in the sixth before sophomore Sophia Torreso entered in relief for the seventh. The Revs had their chances with nine baserunners left stranded but couldn’t break through against Vale-Cruz, who had also held them to one run in Saturday’s opener.
Allison Heffley, Corpuz and Layfield recorded the only hits for GW in the finale, as Rhode Island plated single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to secure the 3-0 victory.
The weekend series victory pushed GW to the 30-win mark for just the fifth time in program history. The Revs will close out the regular season next weekend with a three-game series at Loyola Chicago before heading into A-10 tournament play.
