CONWAY, SC – Three Broncs tallied a hit, but the Rider University softball team was shut out by both Illinois-Chicago and Coastal Carolina Saturday afternoon at the Kickin' Chicken Classic. The Flames' Marley Hanlon spun a no hitter in UIC's 17-0 win in five innings, while the Chanticleers took a 5-0 victory.

The Flames scored five runs in the first inning and added nine more in the second to build an insurmountable lead. The cushion was much more than enough for Hanlon, whose only baserunner allowed came on an error in the third inning.

The Chanticleers scored two runs in each of the second and third innings to build a 4-0 lead and tacked on another in the sixth. Rider got its first hit of the day on Melanie Wilkinson's (Richboro, PA/Council Rock South) double in the top of the fifth and Kelsey Marigliano (Seaford, NY/Plainledge) added a single in the sixth. The Broncs threatened with Gabby Bram's (Jackson, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) walk and a Rachael Zeides (Woodbine, NJ/Ocean City) single to begin the top of the seventh. But following a sacrifice bunt to put both runners in scoring position, the Chanticleers got a strikeout and a pop out to secure the shutout.  
 
NOTES
- Brooklyn Trujillo (Henderson, CO/Prairie View) went the distance against Coastal Carolina for her first-career complete game. She allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits and four walks. She collected the first three strikeouts of her career.
- Debra Jones (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown) started the Illinois-Chicago game and took the loss. Emily Oltman (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) and Elyse Cuttic (Easton, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) also pitched in relief.
- Zeides' hit was her team-leading second of the year.  
- Marigliano and Wilkinson collected their first hits of the year.
- The Broncs conclude Kickin' Chicken Classic action Sunday, when they face Boston University at 9:15 a.m. and nationally-ranked No. 8 Tennessee at 11:15 a.m.