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NEC Player of the Week: Olivia Lorusso, RMU
NEC Pitcher of the Week: Kaitlin Ellzy, RMU
NEC Rookies of the Week: Kaylee Stoner, MSM
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NEC SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Olivia Lorusso, Robert Morris
Jr., 3B, Eighty Four, PA/Canon-McMillan
Lorusso earns her second-straight NEC Player of the Week award after a terrific power display for the Colonials. Lorusso hit .600 (6-for-10) with four homers, a double and seven RBIs over four games. She slugged 1.900 and posted a 2.567 OPS. After going 3-3 with a homer in the second game of a twinbill against Youngstown State on Wednesday, she hit three round-trippers and drove in five runs in a sweep of CCSU on Sunday. The Eighty Four, PA product went yard in each of her first two at-bats in the nightcap, both two-run blasts in the 5-4 victory. Lorusso is hitting .378 on the year, and leads RMU with nine homers, 28 RBIs, a .465 on-base percentage and .817 slugging percentage.
NEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Kaitlin Ellzy, Robert Morris
So., P, Cadiz, OH/Harrison Central
Ellzy earns her first NEC Pitcher of the Week Award of the season and third of her career after she helped the Colonials jump out to a 2-0 start in NEC play. She did not allow an earned run over 9.0 innings of work and earned victories in both games against CCSU on Sunday. The Cadiz, OH native yielded a lone unearned run on six hits in going the distance in a 3-1 win over the Blue Devils to start the day, then tossed two innings of scoreless relief in the nightcap. For the week, Ellzy posted a 2.33 ERA.
NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Kaylee Stoner, Mount St. Mary's
Fr., UT, Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin
Stoner helped lead Mount St. Mary's to a 3-1 record last week, including a win over defending NEC champion LIU Brooklyn on Sunday. She hit .400 for the week with three doubles, three runs, three RBIs. In the 9-4 win over the Blackbirds, Stoner went 2-5 and drove in three runs. In a midweek sweep over Coppin State, the freshman from Hummelstown, PA hit two doubles and went 4-7 at the plate.
NEC PRIME PERFORMERS
Mount St. Mary’s pitcher Sam Lichtner (Morgantown, PA/Twin Valley) went 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA in a pair of complete-game victories for the Mount last week week. In the Mount’s 9-4 extra-inning win over LIU Brooklyn, Lichtner struck out five in eight innings while allowing four runs.
LIU Brooklyn junior catcher Victoria Zamora (Orange, CA/El Modena) hit .667 with a .750 on-base percentage in LIU’s split with Mount St. Mary’s to open league play for the defending NEC champion Blackbirds.
NEC HEADLINES
Rain wreaked havoc with the NEC schedule with three series being pushed from Saturday to Monday, and the FDU-Sacred Heart series postponed to a later date.
Wagner’s Karen Prihoda (Hamilton Square, NJ/The Lawrenceville School) went 6-8 with three doubles, two RBIs and a home run in Wagner’s sweep of Rider last Wednesday.
LIU Brooklyn junior Erynn Sobieski (Logan Township, NJ/GCIT) went 1-0 with a 2.93 ERA, six strikeouts and a .176 opponent batting average against the Mount on Sunday. She tossed a five-hitter in the nightcap, a 3-2 win for the Blackbirds.
Saint Francis U was idle last week, but Red Flash slugger Jordan Seneca (Plum, PA/Plum) remained among NCAA leaders in homers (15, second), home runs per game (0.47, second), RBIs (45, fourth), RBIs per game (1.41, third) and runs per game (1.25, fourth).