SB | Gaels Remain Perfect at Home, Come From Behind to Down Tigers

Saturday, March 28

Moraga, CA

1:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

23-10, 0

Pacific

12-22, 0

Pacific

Saint Mary's

Kiah Silva: 3-for-3 3B 2 R 2 RBI

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

SB | Gaels Remain Perfect at Home, Come From Behind to Down Tigers

3/28/2026 4:09:00 PM | Softball

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MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's Softball tied its longest winning streak in program history on Saturday, defeating the Pacific Tigers, 6-4, in comeback fashion to move to 2-0 on the weekend and in West Coast Conference Play. The Gaels will now look for the series sweep on Sunday, as well as a chance to set a new program record for consecutive wins.

Earning her first start of the weekend, sophomore Kiah Silva had a stellar day offensively, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Again, the top three spots in the lineup did their jobs as table setters, as Hannah Ferguson, Camille Lara and Alex Cutonilli all tallied two hits. Ella Thurman pitched the final five innings of relief, allowing just one run on four hits en route to her fourth victory of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After falling behind early yesterday, the Gaels (23-10, 2-0 WCC) struck first in game two of three games set with Pacific (12-22, 0-2 WCC), with a three spot in the second. Saint Mary's loaded the bases in that frame, bringing Kiah Silva to the plate, who ripped a single down the right field line, plating two. Hannah Ferguson would then plate Silva with a double and the Gaels were off and running, 3-0 through two frames. The Tigers responded with a three run blast to knot things up in the top of the third, chasing starter Mia Nishikawa from the game, and scored the go-ahead run off of bullpen arm Ella Thurman. That, however, would be the only run Thurman would allow in her five innings of work, allowing the Gaels to stage a comeback.

Saint Mary's would knot things up in the bottom of the fourth, as Silva would go from run provider to table setter, leading off the frame with a triple, and scoring on a Mia Zabat double. Then, in the fifth, Alex Cutonilli and Braxton Brown would lead off with back-to-back singles, with Brown's being booted in right field and getting to the wall, scoring Cutonilli and giving Saint Mary's the lead. Brown would then score on a pinch hit RBI knock from Victoria Castillo, providing an additional insurance run. Thurman would work around an error and a pair of singles over the final two frames to hang up two more zeroes and salt away the victory.

GAME NOTES

The Gaels have now tied their program record nine-game winning streak. This is their first nine-game winning streak since the end of the 1992/start of the 1993 seasons.
Saint Mary's remains unbeaten at home, undefeated in 13 straight at Cottrell Field dating back to last season.
Entering today's game with just two hits all season, Kiah Silva logged a perfect 3-for-3 day at the plate, with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI.
While this was Silva's first multi-hit game of the season, Hannah Ferguson logged her team-best 13th multi-hit game of the year, with Camille Lara picking up her 12th and Alex Cutonilli notching her seventh of the season.
Mia Zabat extended her current hit streak to eight games, tying her with Ferguson for the longest by any Gael this season.
Ferguson extended her reached base streak to 11 straight contests, with Sam Buckley and Braxton Brown not far behind, each reaching in nine straight games.
Ella Thurman continues to shine out of the bullpen. The sophomore is 2-0 with two saves in eight relief appearances. In 19.1 innings of relief, she holds a 3.98 ERA with 13 strikeouts to just five walks.
This is the Gaels second straight 2-0 start in WCC play. Their last 3-0 start came in 2016.