Program's career active leader in most every career category, including games (126), starts (124), hits (127), home runs (11), total bases (194) and assists (242)... ranked among the all-time Top 10 in several categories, including home runs (tied for sixth) and doubles (tied for sixth with 34)... has seen action in all but two possible career games...
2019: Earned third varsity letter… one of two players to appear in all 49 games and only one to start each one…All-Little East repeater at shortstop, earning first-team honors for the first time... regional all-tournament team…recorded her 100th career hit… had half as many errors in roughly the same number of chances from 2018... had a .947 fielding average, 78 percentage points better than her sophomore season… started 39 games at shortstop and batted in the No. 3 spot 27 times…batted .278 and was second on the team with six home runs, 28 RBI and 20 extra-base hits… ranked No. 2 in conference for home runs…shared the team lead with a ten-game hitting streak during the season and shared the third-longest streak (13 games) of reaching base safely… in 16 games at Clyde Washburne Field, batted .377 with a .698 slugging percentage, 13 RBI and nine extra-base hits... in 16 LEC regular-season games, batted .370 with a .704 slugging percentage, led the team with nine doubles and 12 extra-base hits and was second with 14 RBI… did not make a fielding error in LEC, regional and Super Regional games... in four LEC tournament games, batted .182 (2 of 11) with a home run and RBI… in 13 LEC and NCAA post-season games, made only two fielding errors on 39 chances for a .949 fielding percentage and batted .171 (6 of 35) with a home run and four RBI… in nine NCAA tournament games, batted .167 (4 of 24) with three RBI… in four national tournament games, batted .100 (1 of 10) with one RBI…Â
2018: Appeared in 38 of 39 games, 37 as a starter, with a .352 batting average, 30 RBI and 19 runs scored... second-team All-Little East...  made all of her starts at SS and in three different spots in the batting order (35 at No. 3)...led the LEC in doubles per game (0.32)...LEC Player-of-the-Week April 9 on strength of eight hits, seven RBI and six runs in six games...had a .869 fielding average on 145 chances.. hit .375 in 15 home games...in LEC regular-season play, batted .400 with 17 RBI and nine runs scored... had 11 multiple-hit games and nine multi-RBI games... had a ten-game hitting streak and reached base in 16 straight games at one point... in an LEC sweep at Rhode Island College April 7, drove in five runs (three on a HR in Game 1) with three hits and scored three runs...Â
2017: Appeared in 39 of 40 games, 38 as a starter, with a .320 batting average, 21 RBI and 26 runs scored... had a .924 fielding average on 144 chances...in Little East play, batted .425 with nine RBI and 13 runs scored...had 14 multiple-hit games and five mult-RBI games...had a five-game hitting streak and reached base in eight straight games...started games in two different positions (36 at SS) and in five different spots in the batting order (23 at leadoff)... batted .370 with nine RBI in 14 games played on opponents' field and had a .400 BA with 12 RBI in the team's 15 wins... after batting .205 in March, responded with .365 with 13 RBI and seven doubles in 23 games in April... in an April 22 LEC sweep at Keene State College, had four hits with two doubles, walked, and scored five runs... had two hits in each of the final two LEC tournament games and scored three runs...
High School: Multi-sport athlete who played four years of varsity softball at shortstop and three years of varsity volleyball… two-time all-conference pick in each sport and senior All-State selection in volleyball… two-sport senior captain…
PERSONAL: born Sara N. Pisanelli May 16, 1998…Parents: Audrey and Carmen…Sibling: Nick…Major: Social Work…...Career Plans: Speech-Language Pathology… Residence: Meriden, CT…
SARA... REVEALED
Among your friends, what are you best known for? Being grumpy in the morning
If animals could talk, which would be the rudest? Raccoon
What is something that is really popular now, but in 5 years everyone will look back on and be embarrassed by? Tik Tok
What TV Series do you keep coming back to and re-watching? Friends
Best and worst flavors of ice cream. Best: Mint Chocolate Chip Worst: Strawberry
What odd talent do you have? I can touch my nose with my tongue
If you could have an animal as your sidekick, which animal would it be? A dog
Name 5 things to take with you during a zombie apocalypse. My dog, Julia, Brooke, Morgan and ice cream
What is your favorite type of exercise? Running
A man walks up to you and says he is going to transform you into the animal of your choice and there’s nothing you can do about it. Which animal do you choose and why? A dog because they live the best lives
You have seven dollars and five minutes at the grocery store. What do you buy? Ice cream and cheese
If you could be a member of any TV-Sitcom Family, which would it be? Friends
What product would you stockpile if you found out they were going out of stock and never be sold again? Cheese
What chore do you absolutely hate doing? Dishes
