Rutgers-Newark Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2011):  Started 17 games for the 11-27 Raiders, posting a 5-12 record with a 6.08 ERA… notched nine complete games while pitching a staff-high 91 innings… struck out 45 while walking 55 and yielding 79 earned runs.

FRESHMAN (2010): Posted an 8-13 record and a 3.54 ERA in 25 appearances as the Raiders’ No. 1 starter… struck out 59 and walked 53 while hurling 132.1 innings… had three shutouts and 19 complete games in 20 starts… capped season with a heart-breaking 1-0, 7-hit loss to Kean (5/1) on an unearned run… pitched all 14.1 innings of a doubleheader against TCNJ (4/10), falling1-0 despite a 3-hitter in the opener and 4-3 in an extra inning in the nightcap… hurled a 4-hit shutout against Stevens (3/31), striking out four… blanked Brooklyn College (4/5) with four strikeouts and just two singles in a 5-inning, 10-0 win… also notched a 10-0, 5-inning shutout win over FDU-Florham (4/8) while striking out four and yielding two singles… struck out six in just three innings to close out a6-5 win over Mass-Liberal Arts (3/17)… struck out six in an 11-4 win over Old Westbury (4/14)… struck out five and walked just one against eight hits in Raiders’ 6-4 NJAC win over New Jersey City (4/18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for Linden HS teams that compiled a cumulative record of 50-25… named to 2008 All-Union County team after posting an 11-0 pitching record during her junior season… also lettered three times in volleyball for the Tigers.

SUMMER LEAGUE: Plays summer league softball with the Morgan Magic.

PERSONAL: Wants to pursue a career in nursing… daughter of Barbara and Gary Riscinti… has a younger brother, Anthony, and a younger sister, Maryjo… chose Rutgers-Newark because of its comfortable size and city atmosphere… lists her mother as the biggest influence on her life… NY Yankees are her favorite team and former Yankee Hideki Matsui is her favorite athlete.