SOFTBALL

May 7, 2008

UAA Athlete of the Week

MM• Beth Ameno (Rochester): The junior pitcher won both games of a doubleheader sweep of Union College, holding the top scoring team in NCAA Division III (8.71 runs per game) to only two runs in 12 innings (1.17 earned run average) on seven hits and three walks while striking out 18 batters.  Ameno pitched the opening five innings of a 12-5 triumph in the opener, walking two while striking out 10 batters. She followed with a complete-game three-hitter in a 6-1 victory in the second game, walking only one batter while striking out eight.

MM• Kerry Kreitman (Washington): The junior second baseman hit .545 (6-for-11) in a four-game week for the Bears, registering a hit in each contest.  Kreitman batted 2-for-5 during a doubleheader loss to NAIA Missouri Baptist University, then followed with a combined 4-for-6 performance in a doubleheader split with top-ranked DePauw University.  Kreitman was 2-for-3 in the 1-0 victory in game two, snapping the Tigers’ 37-game winning streak.

Honor Roll

MM• Lindsay Macaluso (Rochester): The freshman hit a combined 3-for-7 with a pair of doubles and a home run (1.143 slugging percentage) in a doubleheader sweep of Union College. She scored four times and drove in three additional runs . Macaluso batted 2-for-4 with three runs scored in a 12-5 win in the opener, hitting a game-clinching two-run homer in the seventh inning.

MM• Claire Voris (Washington): The freshman pitcher posted a 1-1 record with a 1.40 earned run average as the Bears split a doubleheader with top-ranked DePauw University. Voris allowed just two hits, walked six, and struck out one in the 1-0 victory in game two. In the 4-1 loss in eight innings in game one, Voris allowed seven hits and three earned runs.