Player of the Week
Eliana Raposo, St. Thomas Aquinas
Sophomore | Pitcher/Outfield | Wareham, Mass.
Raposo hit .364 (4-for-11) with two homers, nine RBI and four runs scored over four games last week for STAC. The sophomore outfielder/pitcher also drew two walks, stole 1-of-2 bases and threw out the potential tying run from centerfield for D'Youville at the plate to end the game for the Spartans in a 7-6 win. In the circle, the righty went 2-0 with a 1.40 ERA, allowing just three earned runs on 14 hits, while walking four and fanning five over 10 innings of work.
Pitcher of the Week
Sophia Mariottini, Molloy
Freshman | Pitcher | Hollister, Calif.
Mariottini tallied 13 strikeouts in 12 innings of work on the week, including a career-high 10 Ks against New Haven. In wins over Bridgeport and New Haven, the freshman put up an ERA of 0.58, allowing just one earned run while holding batters to a .196 average against.
Co-Rookie of the Week
Caylea Campbell, Queens
Freshman | Utility | Murrieta, Calif.
Over four games freshman Caylea Campbell continued to keep her bat hot as she held a team-team batting average of .538, .846 SLG%, and .571 OB% recording seven hits, four doubles, two RBI, two runs scored and one walk as she totaled 11 bases. The rookie notched two multi-hits including her second three-hit performance of the year with a 3-4 AB, one double, two RBI, and two runs scored in the 7-3 comeback victory over CSI Saturday afternoon. Campbell extended her hitting streak to eight games and has reached base in nine straight games. On the year she leads the team with four multi-hit and multi-RBI games.
Co-Rookie of the Week
Sophia Mariottini, Molloy
Freshman | Pitcher | Hollister, Calif.
Mariottini tallied 13 strikeouts in 12 innings of work on the week, including a career-high 10 Ks against New Haven. In wins over Bridgeport and New Haven, the freshman put up an ERA of 0.58, allowing just one earned run while holding batters to a .196 average against.
ECC Weekly Honor Roll
Gianna Adamo, D’Youville
Junior | Infielder | Lockport, N.Y.
Adamo hit .615 (8-for-13) and had two hits, including two doubles, in each of the four games she played last week.
Alexi Benson, Mercy
Graduate Student | Pitcher | Spotsylvania, Va.
Benson went 1-1 in the circle with a 1.17 ERA in 12.0 innings with two complete games and 10 strikeouts. The graduate student opened the week allowing two earned runs in six innings with one strikeout in a loss to STAC on Tuesday. The graduate student pitcher ended the week allowing zero earned runs and just three hits in six innings with nine strikeouts to earn the win in game one over D'Youville on Saturday.
Lauren Booth, D’Youville
Senior | Pitcher | Lancaster, N.Y.
Booth hit .357 for the week with a .455 slugging percentage. Booth had the walk-off ground rule double that gave the Saints the 5-4 win against Mercy in game two of the doubleheader.
Alex Burns, Molloy
Graduate Student | Outfield | Baldwin, N.Y.
Burns was unstoppable in a 4-0 week for the Lions, going 10-of-16 at the plate and slugging at 1.000 with a double, a triple, a home run, two stolen bases, and nine RBI. The graduate student has recorded a hit in each of her last six contests, including a three-run home run to end the game against Bridgeport on Saturday.
Sarah Clancy, St. Thomas Aquinas
Senior | Pitcher | Chino Hills, Calif.
Clancy posted a 2-0 week in the circle, with a 3.06 ERA in 16 total innings of work. The senior lefty allowed seven runs on 18 hits, while walking four and striking out 13.
Arianna Fracchioni, Queens
Senior | Pitcher | Westbury, N.Y.
Fracchioni helped her own cause in the Knights’ 7-3 victory over CSI on Saturday afternoon as Queens earned a 1-1 split in ECC play. Offensively, Fracchioni recorded her first career three-hit performance, batting 3-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run scored. In the circle, she threw a complete-game victory, limiting the Dolphins to eight hits and three earned runs to go with three strikeouts to earn her second ECC victory of the year.
Samantha Franck, Mercy
Graduate Student | First Base | La Habra Heights, Calif.
Franck hit .385 (5-for-13) with a team-high two home run and a team-high-tying four RBI and three runs scored in four games this week. The graduate student went 2-for-4 in game two at STAC on Tuesday. The first baseman ended the week going 3-for-6 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs in the split at D'Youville on Saturday.
Averi Miller, Mercy
Freshman | Shortstop | Las Vegas, Nev.
Miller hit a team-high .467 (7-for-15) with a team-high-tying four RBI to go with two runs and a triple in four games. The freshman went 5-for-8 with an RBI at STAC on Tuesday. The shortstop ended the week going 2-for-7 with two runs and three RBI in the split at D'Youville on Saturday.
Kennedie Ruth, Staten Island
Sophomore | Pitcher | Feasterville, Pa.
Ruth picked up two wins for the Dolphins this past week, one as a starter and another in relief. On Monday, she pitched 4.1 innings out of the bullpen to pick up her first victory over Goldey-Beacom. On Saturday, she went the distance is a shutout of Queens College to earn her sixth win of the season. Opposing batters finished the week hitting just .228 against her.
Shannon Sisco, Mercy
Senior | Outfielder | Cicero, N.Y.
Sisco hit .438 (7-for-16) with three runs and four stolen bases in four games. The senior opened the week going 2-for-8 with a stolen base at STAC on Tuesday. The outfielder ended the week going 5-for-8 with three runs and three stolen bases in the split at D'Youville on Saturday.
Olivia Wanser, Staten Island
Freshman | Catcher/First Base | Westbury, N.Y.
Wanser helped lead the Dolphins to two wins this week with a .417 batting average and three RBI. Of her five hits, three went for extra bases, and she finished the week with an OPS of 1.167. The freshman is now hitting .342 and is tied for third in the ECC with 19 RBI.
ECC Softball Weekly Award Winners
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Feb. 20 - Chrissie Huhn, Molloy
Feb. 26 - Ava Miller, D'Youville
Mar. 4 - Victoria Whalen, Staten Island
Mar. 11 - Aileen Balderas, Staten Island
Mar. 18 - Eliana Raposo, St. Thomas Aquinas
Mar. 25 - Chrissie Huhn, Molloy (2x) and Eliana Raposo, St. Thomas Aquinas (2x)
Apr. 1 - Eliana Raposo, St. Thomas Aquinas (3x)
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Feb. 20 - No nominations
Feb. 26 - No nominations
Mar. 4 - No nominations
Mar. 11 - Caylea Campbell, Queens
Mar. 18 - Sophia Mariottini, Molloy
Mar. 25 - Sophia Mariottini, Molloy (2x)
Apr. 1 - Sophia Mariottini, Molloy (3x)
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Feb. 20 - Sophia Mariottini, Molloy
Feb. 26 - Olivia Wanser, Staten Island
Mar. 4 - No nominations
Mar. 11 - Caylea Campbell, Queens
Mar. 18 - Halie Furkas, D'Youville
Mar. 25 - Caylea Campbell, Queens (2x)
Apr. 1 - Caylea Campbell, Queens (3x) and Sophia Mariottini (2x)
NCAA Statistical Rankings
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