MANSFIELD, Conn. --  Junior Carley Stoker (Sandy Creek, NY) pitched her third complete-game shutout in three starts in the opener and pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in the nightcap to remain unscored upon this year and pace the No. 15 nationally-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University softball team to a 15-0, 12-4 sweep of Rhode Island College Tuesday afternoon at Clyde Washburne Field. Both games were stopped due to the eight-run rule, the first game after  5 ½ innings and the second after six.
 
Stoker pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts in the first game,  then was inserted with Eastern (6-0) trailing 4-0 in the second inning of the second game and shut down Rhode Island (0-4) on one hit and six strikeouts over the next 3 2/3 innings to allow Eastern to rally for all of its runs over the final four innings.

Stoker (4-0) has appeared in all six games this year with three starts, a save, and three complete-game shutouts and has allowed only six hits (five singles) and 11 walks with 26 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings.

On the day, junior Brooke Matyasovsky (Orange) was 7-for-8 Tuesday with two doubles, her fourth home run of the, four RBI and four runs scored and junior Julia SanGiovanni  (East Haven) was 6-for-7 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Matyasovsky is now batting .600 (12-for-20) with six extra-base hits, 11 RBI, nine runs scored, and a 1.300 slugging percentage.

With Eastern trailing 4-0 in the second game, a throwing error and Matyasovsky's 14^th career home run cut RIC's lead in half in the third inning, and the Warriors moved ahead, 7-4 with five runs in the fourth on five hits. Freshman Sarah Remillard (Grafton, MA) drove in two with an infield single, Stoker plated the third run with a sacrifice fly, Matyasovsky's double drove in the fourth run and SanGiovanni's infield single sent home the final run to make it 7-4.

Graduate transfer leadoff batter Cassie Woods (Mystic) reached five times with three singles, a walk and her sixth hit-by-pitch in as many games and is now batting .600 (9-for-15) with 11 runs and a .750 on-base percentage.

First-year sophomore transfer outfielder Taylor Darby (South Windsor) recorded her first hits, runs and RBI. She was 2-for-2 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI. She contributed a pinch RBI single in a nine-run third inning in the first game and scored three times with a hit and a walk after entering the game as a pinch runner in the five-run fourth inning of the second game.

Stoker reached three times on the day with a walk and two hits, scored two runs and drove in three runs. Batting third in the order, Stoker belted her second home run of the year – a two-out solo home run in the first inning of the first game.

Batting second in the order, sophomore Alexis LeBelle reached safely four times with three hits (two doubles) and a walk for Rhode Island. The Anchorwomen scored three times in the first inning of the second game against Matyasovsky. LeBelle doubled to put runners on second and third and both rode home on freshman Katelyn Ashe's two-run single. Ashe scored the third run on a wild pitch, and a walk and freshman Avery Katz' RBI triple made it 4-0 in the second and two batters later, Stoker took over on the mound.

Eastern hosts Plymouth State University in a non-conference doubleheader at 4 p.m.