Taylor, Riley, and Oberdorf Earns Softball Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Player of the Week
Brooke Taylor, Siena
So., OF, 5-4, Peoria, AZ/Sunrise Mountain
Taylor batted 3-5 (.600) with a double, 3 RBI and two runs scored in the Saints’ weekend sweep of Canisius. The sophomore sparked a six run inning for Siena as she hit her first home run of the season with a three run blast to right center. Taylor sported an on base percentage of .667 and a slugging percentage of 1.400 over the course of the two MAAC victories for Siena.
Pitcher of the Week
Amanda Riley, Monmouth
So., P, 5-11, Tracy, CA/John C. Kimball
Riley continued her dominant pitching of late with a 2-1 record with a save, a 1.35 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 26.0 innings pitched this week. Her consecutive scoreless innings streak was snapped Sunday after 29.2 innings without surrendering a run. She began the week with 2.1 innings of relief at Princeton. She allowed just one hit while striking out four. She then shut out Iona, limiting the Gaels to just three hits and two walks, while striking out six in a complete-game effort. She struck out a career-high 13 Quinnipiac batters in 8.2 innings in a Game 1 victory before closing the final 2.2 innings of Game 2 to held Monmouth to a road sweep. Riley recorded the final three outs for the save in Game 1 at Fairfield on Sunday. Her scoreless innings streak was snapped in the third inning of Game 2 at Fairfield, but she still managed to strike out seven Stags in 5.1 innings pitched. For the season, she’s now posted a 7-3 record with a 2.38 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 94.0 innings pitched. She’s limited opposing batters to a .200 average.
Rookie of the Week
Claire Oberdorf, Marist
Fr., U, 5-6, Greensburg, PA/Greensburg Salem
Oberdorf hit a team-best .643 (9-for-14) as Marist went 3-1 this past week. She had an on-base percentage of .688, a slugging percentage of .929, five RBIs, four runs scored, two extra-base hits (homer, double), two walks and a sacrifice bunt. She was also a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts. Oberdorf hit safely in every game, and had three multi-hit games. In the first game of a doubleheader on April 6, she was 4-for-4 with two runs scored, two RBIs and her first collegiate home run in a 9-3 triumph over Boston University. In the second game, she singled, walked and stole a base in Marist’s 5-4 win. In the first game of a doubleheader against Manhattan on April 10, Oberdorf went 2-for-4 with a run scored, a double and a sacrifice bunt against Manhattan. In the second game against the Jaspers, she went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a run scored, two stolen bases and a walk. Her second-inning RBI single gave Marist the lead in a four-run inning, and she added a two-out, two-run single in a four-run fifth. Oberdorf made three starts at second base, and one at catcher this week. She handled all 10 fielding chances successfully without committing an error, finishing with six assists and four putouts.