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2015 Softball

6 Laura Ricciardone

  • Bats/Throw R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Slidell, La.
  • High School Pope John Paul II
  • Position Pitcher
  • House Adams

Biography

Senior • 2015 • Stats
NFCA Northeast Region third team ... All-Ivy League first team Made 20 starts in 27 appearances … Posted a 2.24 ERA over 118.2 innings with 73 strikeouts … Finished with a 12-7 record … Also had 12 RBI and three RBI … Shutout Wichita State, allowing only two hits and struck out six, while also hitting a two-RBI double Feb. 20 … Earned the victory against Loyola Marymount March 18 … Tossed eight innings, allowing five hits and one run in 2-1 win over Bethune-Cookman March 19 … Threw a complete game in series opener at Columbia, striking out five, in 3-2 win March 27 … Pitched a scoreless three innings to earn the win over Rhode Island March 31 … Earned the wins in both games of doubleheader against Cornell April 3, not allowing a run in 9.1 innings, and also hit a homer in the second game … Did not allow an earned run over eight innings in 3-1 win over Brown April 11 … Hit a home run and drove in three runs at Brown April 12 … Notched victories in both games of a doubleheader against Yale April 18 and also launched a grand slam in game one … Gave up just one earned run in complete-game win over Dartmouth April 26 ... Received Betty Ippolito Award.

Junior 2014
Named to the All-Ivy League First Team as a pitcher … Named to the NCFA All-Northeastern Region Third Team … Set the school single season record for fewest walks allowed per 7 inning game … Went the distance and struck out 8 in a shootout in the season opener 3-0 victory against Eastern Michigan February 21 … Went the distance for 12 innings and struck out 9 in a 1-0 win at #23 LSU February 28 … Threw a complete game shutout , allowing only 4 hits, in a 6-0 win against Texas Tech March 17 … Struck out 8 in a complete game 4-2 win against Boston College April 1 … Threw a complete game shutout and struck out 7 in the first game of a doubleheader against Columbia April 6 … Struck out 6 and allowed 4 hits in a complete game victory in the first game of a doubleheader against Brown April 12 … Struck out 5 in a complete game victory in the first game of a doubleheader at Princeton April 17 … Hit first career homerun in the second game of a doubleheader at Princeton April 17.

Sophomore 2012
Named to the All-Ivy League second team as a pitcher ... Pitched a complete game three-hit shutout in season debut against Loyola Marymount, fanning six batters March 2 … Struck out five and did not allow an earned run in complete game effort against Maine March 11 … Scattered three hits and surrendered one unearned run against Lehigh March 24 … Went nine innings the following day, shutting out Lehigh while striking out two … Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week March 28 … Pitched a complete-game, five-hit shutout in Game 2 of doubleheader against Princeton March 31 … Pitched a three-hit shutout a gainst Columbia April 6, fanning three batters … Earned the win against Penn April 7, scattering four hits and allowing one run … Picked up a pair of wins against Yale April 14-15, allowing two earned runs in 11.0 innings pitched … Scattered five hits and allowed one run in complete-game victory over Brown April 20 … Surrendered one run on three hits in 2-1 win over Dartmouth April 28 … Scattered three hits over fine innings of work, allowing two unearned runs, in Game 2 victory over Penn in the Ivy League Championship Series

Freshman • 2011
Named to the All-Ivy League second team ... Recorded six strikeouts against Stony Brook March 5 ... Went seven innings and allowed one run on six hits, striking out five against St. Louis March 12 ... Earned first win in complete game against Loyola Marymount March 15, fanning five and allowing one run on seven hits ... Earned the win in four innings of work against Boston University March 22, allowing one run on two hits ... Turned in four innings of shutout ball, scattering five hits in 10-0 win over Rhode Island March 29 ... Notched a one-hit shutout with five strikeouts against Penn April 2 ... Went seven innings and picked up the win against Columbia, striking out five April 3 ... Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week April 4 ... Recorded career-high eight strikeouts in 7-5 win over Cornell April 9 … Pitched a four-hit shutout against Brown April 16, notching three strikeouts … Allowed just one run on four hits with two K’s in an 11-1 win over Brown April 17 … Went five innings, scattering three hits and allowing one run in an 11-1 win over Yale April 24 … Picked up wins in back-to-back games against Yale April 26, entering in relief in Game 1 and going five innings as the starter in Game 2 … Earned the victory in the final game of the Ivy Championship Series against Cornell, scattering five hits in five innings and not allowing a run.

Before Harvard
Played softball, basketball and volleyball at Pope John Paul II, captaining the softball team as a junior and senior … Four-time all-district first-team pitcher and district MVP as a senior … Three-time All-St. Tammany Parish pitcher of the year, all-metro pitcher of the year and first-team all-state selection … State 2A MVP in 2008 and team MVP in 2008 and 2010 … Helped team to four district championship and a state championship in 2008 … Holds the school career strikeout record and became the first person in school history to have a jersey retired … Vice president of the National Honor Society and recipient of the St. Michael’s Book Award and the Pope John Paul II Citizenship Award … Involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (vice president), student council and served as class president in 2008 … Enjoys painting, reading, boating and exercising … Uncle, David Ricciardone ’80, also attended Harvard.

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Historical Player Information

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    2011First-Year

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    6
  • 6

    2012Sophomore

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    6
  • 6

    2014Junior

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    6
  • 6

    2015Senior

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    6