Jessica Cook pitched a tremendous game today. So did Amanda Graziano.

The good news/bad news is that Cook is on the John Carroll roster, but Graziano is not.

It was the kind of day that pitching and defense ruled. It ruled for the Blue Streaks in a 5-0 win over Husoon College in the early Thursday morning game, and it ruled against JCU in a 5-0 loss to Oneonta in the latter portion of the same morning.

First, the good news. Cook pitched five inning of one hit softball. The only hit she allowed -- or for that matter any JCU pitcher allowed -- was a bunt single to lead off the fourth inning. She struck out for, walked two and hit two batters to improve to 2-0 on the young season

She the turned the ball over to the bullpen, where Kayla Navratil and Jennifer Patterson kept the Husson bats silent.

The defense played error free behind the pitching trio,

Offensively, the Blue Streaks collected 11 hits with Hannah Mizener (2-3, 1 R), Lindsay McKnight (3-3, 2 R) and Angie Zappitelli (2-3, 2 RBI) doing the most damage. It was the fourth time this trip that the JCU offense had delivered ten or more hits.

The John Carroll coaching staff may have wished they had saved a few for the second game, as the aforementioned Graziano held the Blue Streaks to three hits, and some stellar defense did the rest as the Red Dragons flipped the score for a 5-0 win.

Oneonta did their work in the opening two innings, scoring twice in the first and three more times in the second for all the runs needed.

Kelly Geringer pitched four innings of scoreless relief, scattering a pair of hits while striking out six and lowering her team best ERa to 0.79

It was just the second shutout loss that John Carroll has suffered over the last 29 games.

JCU has two games remaining in Florida, both of which will be played tomorrow at the Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex in Leesburg.