Hamilton pitcher Madison Seigworth's temperature has fluctuated since she arrived in Arizona from Indiana last summer.

"It was very hot when I got here," Seigworth said. "I wasn't used to it."

Well, it's not exactly chilly now as another summer is just around the corner, but Seigworth's temperature after Monday night's 3-0 victory over Pinnacle was deemed "cool".

The sophomore tossed a six-hit shutout at ASU's Farrington Stadium, got solid defense behind her and a lineup that delivered 10 hits -- at least one from eight of the nine hitters. It all added up to the Division I championship - the first softball title for Hamilton. It was the third time the teams played this season and the Huskies won all three -- 5-2 in the regular season and  6-4 in 10 innings earlier in the tournament.

"This is so cool," Seigworth said. "I've never experienced anything like this.It's cool playing on such a good team."

Hamilton (31-6) and Pinnacle (30-7) were both battling for the first softball title in their respective school histories with veteran coaches Rocky Parra and Bobby Pena, respectively. It was a good duel between Seigworth and Pinnacle sophomore Marissa Schuld. Schuld just returned to the circle after skipping her pitching chores the past month with a cranky elbow. Seigworth had taken over as the Hamilton's primary pitcher backed up by another sophomore, Abby Andersen since late March when Huskies No. 1 Chey Noli went down with a season-ending injury.

Seigworth was able to prevail thanks in part to a defensive play in the top of the third that prevented Pinnacle from drawing first blood. The game was tied 0-0 at the time. Two-out singles by the Pioneers Karlee Johnson and Jackie Kelley put runners at first and second. Up came Schuld, who broke Desert Vista's back with two-run homer late that helped Pinnacle reach the final. Schuld threatended to do it again.

She laced a 2-1 pitch to deep center that looked certain to fall and score two runs. But Hamilton centerfielder Nicole Spykstra got a good jump on the ball -- and needed it -- to make a lunging catch on the run on the warning track.

"That was the big play," Parra said. "If that had fallen they had a couple runs. That catch was the third Nicole's made in the tournament. She made one going to her left and one going to her right.  Our bats 1-9 have been solid and they were tonight. It was a complete team effort."

Hamilton responded by scoring two runs in the bottom of the third Leah Stokes and Bella Loomis singled and were moved up a base each by a sacrifice. Ali Ashner scored Stokes with a sacrifice fly and catcher Karlee Arnold followed with an RBI single to plate Loomis.

Spykstra capped the scoring with a fourth-inning sacrifice fly that scored Macy Simmons, who had doubled and reached third on a wild pitch. The rest was up to Seigworth.

She pitched out of a jam in the fifth after giving up back-to-back singles with one out. Her best friend Monday was the fly ball. She got Kelley and Schuld to hit routine fly outs to center to end the threat. A 1-2-3 sixth was next and the seventh inning and game finished with what else -- a fly out to Spykstra.Nine of Pinnacle's outs were on fly balls and three more on infield pop ups.

Seigworth was not and usually is not a strikeout pitcher. She finished with one walk and two strikeouts. Her best pitch Monday.

"My rise ball was getting them to pop up," Seigworth said. "When they hit it, I knew they (outfielders) would have it."

Johnson and McKenna Adams led Pinnacle with two hits each. Loomis was the only Hamilton player with two hits.

Schuld allowed eight hits, all three runs and fanned five in four innings of work. CC Cook, who kept Pinnacle in win mode in the circle with a dominant stretch from early April to early May, pitched two scoreless innings in relief.