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Box Score 2 New London, Conn. - Junior All-American Hayley Feindel had quite an afternoon as she threw her second career perfect game, recorded a pair of shutouts, struck out 25 batters and moved into sixth place on all-time Division III strikeouts list as Coast Guard, ranked 7th nationally, swept Clark 2-0 and 8-0 in five innings in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader.
Feindel fired a two-hit shutout with one walk and 14 strikeouts in the opener before the five inning perfect game with 11 strikeouts in the nightcap for the 45th shutout and the eighth no-hitter of her career.
The junior right-hander entered the day 12th on the Division III all-time strikeouts list with 1,018 and moved up six spots to sixth all-time by the end of the day with 1,043 strikeouts.
Feindel is now 25-1 on the season, leading the nation with 25 wins and 294 strikeouts.
Junior Maddie Buchert's two-run double in the bottom of the sixth accounted for the only runs in the opener.
Senior Sarah Carter (7-6) was the tough luck loser allowing just three hits and one earned run while walking one and fanning two in going the distance in game one.
In game two, freshman Kaitlin Ward hit the first two homers of her career as the Bears went deep four times in the 8-0 win.
Freshman Devin Fellman led off the bottom of the first with a homer before sophomore Catherine Walker added a three-run shot in the four-run first inning.
Ward homered to lead off the fourth before ending the game with a three-run blast in the fifth inning to enforce the eight-run rule ending the game.
Sophomore Nicole Meuse (7-4) took the loss for Clark allowing eight earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Sophomore Holli Bastinck also had a pair of hits for the Bears in game two.
Coast Guard improves to 25-1 overall and 11-1 in conference play while Clark drops to 14-10 overall and 6-4 in the NEWMAC.
The Cougars return to field on Saturday with a pair of contests against Wheaton beginning at 12:00 p.m.