In late November, Brown walk-on Olivia Pichardo made NCAA Division I history by becoming the first woman to earn a spot on a varsity baseball roster. Now, nearly four months later, the 18-year-old has earned another place in the record books after adding another landmark accolade to her budding résumé.
Pichardo, a freshman utility player from Queens, N.Y., became the first woman to play in a D-I baseball game on Friday after making her collegiate debut during Brown’s home matchup against Bryant (6–7).
Appearing as a pinch hitter for her first at-bat, Pichardo logged her first stat of the season after recording a first-pitch groundout in the bottom of the ninth inning. Brown (1–10) trailed Bryant 10–1 at the time of Pichardo’s historic at-bat, and went on to lose the contest by that margin following a strikeout on the next at-bat.
