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Alexis Holloway highlighted in hometown collegiate athlete roundup

Notre Dame’s softball captain gets some love from her hometown newspaper.

If you subscribe to your local newspaper, chances are the sports section does a weekly update of area athletes who now play in college. That happened to Notre Dame pitcher Alexis Holloway, who headlined the latest such feature for The Times of Northwest Indiana by virtue of being from Crown Point, Indiana and the 2017 Gatorade Indiana Softball Player of the Year. The story talks about Holloway’s accomplishments on the field and as an aerospace engineering major at Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. Irish coach Deanna Gumpf is depicted in the story as reveling in her two-time captain’s activities away from the team:

“She is amazing – I mean she built an airplane. What she’s doing is extremely rare. I don’t believe there are many people in the country that can do what she’s done.”

To be fair, Gumpf likely referring to the remote-controlled airplane Holloway is building with her group, but it’s impressive nonetheless.

Holloway, one of four seniors, is 10-6 with a 2.62 ERA and a team-high 87 strikeouts this season. In Sunday’s 5-1 win over Virginia, she threw her team-leading eighth complete game of the season. As a hitter, she is batting .256 with two homers and nine RBIs.

Notre Dame softball tosses no-hitter in home opener

No-hitter, no-hitter, no-hitter, no-hitter…

There are good opening days and then there are great opening days when it comes to baseball or softball, and Notre Dame’s softball team had a great one home opener on Wednesday afternoon.

Playing host to Valparaiso, the Irish cruised to an 8-0 victory, but the final score doesn’t tell the complete story as Alexis Holloway, Morgan Ryan, and Payton Didd combined to no-hit the Crusaders.  This marks the second time this season the Irish combined to no-hit the opposition, doing so back on Valentine’s Day versus Alabama State.

Notre Dame struck early on offense, scoring twice in the first inning that got started thanks to senior Abby Sweet’s leadoff double.

Chelsea Purcell’s three-for-three afternoon included a three-run home run for the Irish that streched the lead to 6-0 in the third inning and the only compelling part remaining was if Valparaiso would record a hit.

Ryan entered in the fourth inning and recorded two innings without allowing a hit before Didd pitched the sixth inning before a Leea Hanks RBI-double extended the lead to 8-0, invoking the slaughter rule and completing the no-hitter.

Notre Dame improves to 13-8 overall in 2021 as they’re 6-6 in ACC play.  The Irish remain home this weekend to host North Carolina State for a four game series.