Yet the moment was far more significant than the thousands of plate appearances across amateur baseball diamonds on Friday.  Olivia Pichardo, a Brown University freshman, became the first woman to appear in a Division I college game when she was summoned as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the Bears' 10-1 loss to Bryant in their home opener in Providence, Rhode Island. It is not just her putting all the work and effort in, but an entire network of people who have supported her along the way, and her teammates