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NEC Player of the Week: Jordan Seneca, SFU
NEC Pitcher of the Week: Ketarah DeVries, SFU
NEC Co-Rookies of the Week: Angie Rizzi, LIU & Abby Trahan, SFU
Previous NEC Releases: Febrruary 27 | February 20 | February 13 | Preseason Poll Release
NEC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jordan Seneca, Saint Francis U
Jr., SS, Plum, PA/Plum
Seneca takes home her fourth NEC Player of the Week award in as many weeks after a power-hitting display that helped propel the Red Flash to a 6-3 record in a swing through Texas. The junior batted .360 with four home runs, a double, 11 runs scored and 10 RBI. She also slugged .880 and posted a .500 on-base percentage on the week. Seneca hit a three-run homer in a 6-3 win over UT Arlington, homered to record SFU's lone run in a loss to Tulsa, and had two hits, including a two-run shot in a 5-2 victory over UT Arlington. She wrapped her week in the Lone Star state with a two-run blast in SFU's 10-2 in over Incarnate Word on Sunday. On the season, Seneca ranks second nationally with nine homers and has driven in 24 runs.
NEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Ketarah DeVries, Saint Francis U
Sr., P, Forreston IL/Forreston
DeVries was named the NEC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season after finishing 3-1 with a 2.14 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 19.2 innings as the Red Flash competed at the UT Arlington Tournament and four other games in a trip to Texas. In wins against North Texas, UT Arlington and Tulsa, she allowed just three earned runs across 16.2 innings. In Saint Francis U's 11-2 victory over North Texas on Wednesday, DeVries fanned six in six innings and allowed two earned runs. The senior followed with 5.2 innings of two-hit ball and just one earned run allowed, helping the Red Flash to a 5-2 win over UT Arlington on Friday. In her final start, DeVries tossed five innings of shutout ball in a 4-0 conquest of Tulsa on Saturday.
NEC CO-ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
Angie Rizzi, LIU Brooklyn
Fr., OF/IF, Tuckahoe, NY/Ursuline
Rizzi's offensive outburst helped boost LIU Brooklyn to a 4-1 record at the Stetson Hatter Classic. She finished the tournament 10-18 (.556) with seven RBIs and eight runs scored. She opened play by going 4-5 with four runs and 3 RBIs in a 17-6 win over Cornell on Friday. She also went 2-3 and drove in a run in LIU's 15-7 win over South Dakota on Saturday, then had another big game against the Coyotes to conclude the weekend, going 3-5 with two runs scored and two more RBI.
Abby Trahan, Saint Francis U
Fr., P, Kaplan, LA/Kaplan
Trahan claims her second NEC Rookie of the Week honor after recording a stellar 1.02 ERA over 20.2 innings as she posted a 1-1 record and picked up a save in SFU's nine games down in Texas. Over two contests against UT Arlington, Trahan pitched 5.2 innings without allowing a run and picked up a save. She then allowed just one earned run in an eight-inning stint against Tulsa thaw saw the Red Flash fall in extra innings. Trahan went on to toss two scoreless innings in relief in a 4-0 win over Tulsa on Saturday and earned a win over Incarnate Word on Sunday, yielding two runs on three hits over 5.0 innings while fanning five batters.