Softball Players of the Week (for the week ending April 26, 2009)
Presented by Combat Sports, Inc.

Division I

Player of the Week

Andrea Lazzari - Wagner College
Senior, First Baseman, Reno, Nev.

Lazzari provided spark for the Wagner offense by hitting .625 (15-for-24) with ten runs scored, 14 RBI, four doubles and three home runs. The senior hit safely in six of seven games, and currently leads the NEC with a .417 batting average.

 
Pitcher of the Week

Lisa Sweeney - Lehigh University
Senior, Pitcher, Lumberton, N.J.

Sweeney was outstanding for the Mountain Hawks, tossing 16 scoreless innings and garnering a 2-0 record on the week. She has won 12 straight decisions, and her 14 strikeouts in a shutout win over Holy Cross left her four shy of 900 for her career.

Division II

Player of the Week

Keri Boystak - Dowling College
Senior, Outfielder, Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Boystak hit .533 on the week, helping the Golden Lions to six straight ECC wins and the regular season championship. She belted three homers on the week, including the gamewinner in the nightcap at NYIT. Boystak tallied eight runs and five RBI on the week.

 
Pitcher of the Week

Stephanie Plochochi - Dowling College
Senior, Pitcher, Sayville, N.Y.

The senior hurler had a stellar week in the circle. Plochochi had three wins against conference teams and posted a 1.22 ERA with 35 strikeouts. She gave up only three hits and a run, while striking out six against NYIT. She followed with ten strikeouts in four innings of work against Queens and had another ten-strikeout performance against St. Thomas Aquinas. She capped the week with 5-2 complete game win against Mercy.

Division III - New England

Co-Players of the Week

Kayla Jandreau - Rhode Island College
Sophomore, Catcher, Plainville, Conn.

Jandreau hit .500 (11-for-22) with a double, three home runs, and ten RBI as the Anchorwomen went 4-0 against NCAA regionally-ranked squads. Against Eastern Connecticut State and Western Connecticut State, the sophomore went a combined 6-for-14 with a home run and four RBI. Jandreau ended her week going 4-for-7 with a pair of home runs against regionally-ranked Brandeis.

Talia Bernstein - Wesleyan University
Sophomore, First Baseman, Miami, Fla.

The second-year first baseman went 7-for-11 (.636) with a .727 slugging mark while claiming a three-game sweep of Hamilton. She drove in an incredible nine RBI in the Saturday doubleheader, and was errorless at first base.

Co-Pitchers of the Week

Chelsea Sylvia - Westfield State College
Senior, Pitcher, South Dartmouth, Mass.

Sylvia posted a 2-0 mark while allowing three hits in 12 innings with 25 strikeouts. The senior tossed a 15-strikeout no-hitter in a win over Salem State before her ten-strikeout three-hitter in a win against Nichols.

Samantha Langlois - Daniel Webster College
Freshman, Pitcher, Raymond, N.H.

The freshman pitcher posted a 0.68 ERA with a 4-1 record in four complete game starts this week. Langlois tossed 31 innings, striking out 39 batters and giving up only three earned runs.

Division III - Upstate

Player of the Week

Ashley Kovack - Union College
Junior, Third Baseman, Ridgefield, Conn.

Kovack was instrumental at the plate as she hit .615, driving in 13 RBI, four of which came from a grand slam home run. The junior is hitting .405 on the season and has hit safely in seven of her last eight games.

Pitcher of the Week

Beth Ameno - University of Rochester
Senior, Pitcher, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Ameno went 5-0, tossing 24.1 innings, and helping Rochester clinch its third straight Liberty League title. Highlighting her week was a one-hitter against RPI, in which she struck out seven batters.

 

Division III - Metro

Player of the Week

Destiny Scott - Mount Saint Mary College
Freshman, Outfielder, New Paltz, N.Y.

Scott went 10-for-18 (.556) with two triples, seven runs scored, seven RBI, and two stolen bases. The freshman went 4-for-6 in a doubleheader sweep of Polytechnic.

Pitcher of the Week

Kelly Karp - Montclair State University
Senior, Pitcher, Edison, N.J.

The senior pitcher went 2-1 with a 0.84 ERA in 25 innings over four appearances this week. Karp tossed a two-hit complete game shutout at NJCU, and had an eight strikeout performance in a win over Baruch. Karp leads the NJAC in strikeouts with 143.

Division III - South

Player of the Week

Amy Greene - Penn State Behrend
Freshman, Catcher, Erie, Pa.

Greene was outstanding this week as she hit an incredible .823 (14-for-17) while driving in 17 runs and knocking out three home runs. The freshman helped the Lions to a perfect 18-0 conference record on the season.

Pitcher of the Week

Katie Eiden - Misericordia University
Junior, Pitcher, Scranton, Pa.

Eiden went 2-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA and 18 strikeouts while holding batters to a .122 batting average. She struck out eight, and tossed a three-hit shutout in the Freedom Conference regular season finale to help clinch the top seed for the Cougars.