MAAC Softball Weekly Award Winners Announced
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MAAC Player of the Week
Danielle Koltz, Marist, Jr., INF, 5-7, Chenango Bridge, N.Y./Chenango Valley
In the Red Foxes' four games this past week at the North Carolina A&T Tournament, Koltz led the squad with an outstanding quartet of games and a .500 batting average (6-12), a .571 (8-14) on-base percentage and a .917 slugging percentage. In all four games, the junior infielder reached base, including a 3-3 showing versus Utah Valley on Saturday. After single RBI games in her first two contests of the tournament, Koltz exploded in the finale against North Carolina A&T with a mammoth grand slam deep over the Aggies' home center field fence. That four run swing of the bat would hold as the game-winning hit as the Red Foxes won by a score of 6-3. For the week, Koltz had a total of six hits, six RBIs, three runs scored, two doubles, a home run and a perfect 10-10 fielding percentage.
MAAC Pitcher of the Week
Sarah Jackson, Iona, Sr., RHP, 5-8, Citrus Heights, Calif./Del Campo
Jackson has pitched to a 2-2 record this season, posting an earned run average of 0.29. Jackson opened the year with a complete game seven-inning effort in a 1-0 win over Samford. Jackson allowed just four hits and three walks and struck out seven. Against South Dakota, Jackson went five innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out 11 in a 9-0 Gaels win. In two appearances this past weekend for the Gaels, Jackson pitched to a 0.58 earned run average, allowing three runs, one earned in 12 innings of work. Against Quinnipiac, Jackson allowed 3 hits and two unearned runs while striking out six. Against Longwood, Jackson went six innings, allowing one run and striking out four.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
Allysen Breeden, Rider, Fr., C/3B, 5-3, Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown
Breeden batted .308 with three doubles and four RBI in Rider's opening weekend at the UNCG Spartan Classic in Greensboro, N.C. In five starts, Breeden had a .538 slugging percentage and handled 13 of 13 chances in the field while helping to turn one double play.