Hokie ClubAfter a rough professional debut, former Hokie Angela Tincher showed why she was the No. 3 overall draft pick by no-hitting the Washington Glory Saturday night at Firestone Stadium in a 1-0 win by the Akron Racers.
She record 10 strikeouts in seven innings and now has struck out 17 in 10.1 innings of professional softball. Saturday night, she struck out five in the first two innings.
The game was a scoreless affair until the seventh inning. Kate Robinson reached second on a misplay it and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Angelina Mexicano. Susan Ogden hit a sharp grounder to the shortstop who fielded it cleanly, but she rushed her throw to first and it dragged the first baseman off the bag leaving Ogden safe at first and Robinson at home with the scoring run.
Tincher received a standing ovation from the crowd at Firestone Stadium when she came out of the dugout with her first no hitter and win at the professional level.