Last Week’s Stats: .381 AVG (8-for-21), .476 SLG%, .435 OB%, 7 R, 6 RBI, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 HBP
Timely hitting led Murillo to her first career NEC Rookie of the Week honor, and the first for a Stonehill player this season. The Averill Park, NY native had a sensational stretch at the plate to help lead the Skyhawks to a 4-1 record that included a mid-week sweep of non-conference foe Holy Cross and a series win over Mercyhurst over the weekend. Murillo posted a .381 batting average after she went 8-for-21 with two doubles, six RBI and seven runs. She was even more impressive in the three-game set with the Lakers, going 6-for-13, including 6-for-10 in Stonehill’s two wins, while accounting for nine of her team’s 27 runs in that stretch. In Friday’s 12-5 win, the short stop went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI before she racked up four RBI and one run on a pair of doubles and a base hit in Saturday’s rubber match, a 12-6 triumph. Boasting a team-leading 21 runs scored and six RBI, Murillo ranks second among fellow Skyhawks with a .360 batting average.