2015-16 AMCC Softball News
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FOUR AMCC SOFTBALL PLAYERS GARNER ECAC HONORS
June 13, 2016Penn State Behrend and Penn State Altoona softball each had a pair of standout players receive regional recognition for their performances during the 2016 season, as Behrend's Shannon McDonnell and Sarah Blagg and Altoona's Kate Burge and Clarissa Keller were all selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region All-Star team this week. -
AMCC ANNOUNCES SPRING SPORTSMANSHIP TEAMS
June 03, 2016All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
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BEHREND'S SARAH BLAGG NAMED NFCA ALL-REGION
May 19, 2016Sophomore Sarah Blagg has been named to the 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-East Region Third Team.
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BEHREND SOFTBALL ELIMINATED FROM NCAA TOURNAMENT
May 13, 2016The Penn State Behrend softball team was eliminated from the 2016 NCAA Division III Championships after falling 3-0 to St. John Fisher and 8-0 (five innings) to Rochester on Friday afternoon.
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BEHREND SOFTBALL HEADS TO ST. JOHN FISHER FOR NCAA REGIONAL
May 11, 2016The Penn State Behrend softball team will travel to Rochester, NY for a three-team NCAA Regional hosted by St. John Fisher on May 13-15.
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D'YOUVILLE SOFTBALL STRIKES OUT MS WITH AWARENESS GAME
May 10, 2016The D’Youville College softball team helped raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis on the afternoon of Saturday, April 30th as part of their Strikeout MS game.
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SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS RELEASED; KELLER, McHENRY TAKE TOP HONORS
May 10, 2016Penn State Altoona senior catcher Clarissa Keller is the 2016 AMCC Softball Player of the Year.
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Rachel Miller, Penn St. Behrend, Pitcher of the Week
May 09, 2016Miller only gave up two earned runs for a 0.72 ERA in three wins during the AMCC Tournament. She recorded two shut-out victories, allowing just four hits with no runs against Mt. Aloysius and D'Youville in the championship game. Miller also fanned 10 batters over three games and was named to the All-Tournament team.
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Sarah Blagg, Penn State Behrend, Player of the Week
May 09, 2016Blagg hit .333 and drove in four key runs to lead the Lions to the AMCC title. In her four hits, she tallied a double and a triple. Against Altoona, she drove in all three runs proving to be the difference in a 3-2 win. Blagg also tallied two hits and scored two of the four runs in the first game against D'Youville.
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BEHREND TRIUMPHS OVER D'YOUVILLE FOR 7TH AMCC SOFTBALL CROWN
May 08, 2016Penn St. Behrendis the AMCC softball champion and will represent the conference at the NCAA Division III tournament at a regional site to be announced Monday.
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D'YOUVILLE, BEHREND SET FOR SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH
May 07, 2016It will be D'Youville College and Penn St. Behrend clashing in the championship game of the AMCC softball tournament on Sunday at 10am.
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D'YOUVILLE, BEHREND REMAIN UNDEFEATED AFTER DAY ONE OF SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
May 06, 2016Day one of the AMCC softball championship tournament is in the books, with few surprises but enough late inning challenge to keep everyone on their toes.
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D'YOUVILLE WINS TIEBREAKER FOR TOP SEED IN AMCC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
May 02, 2016AMCC softball teams are gearing up for the AMCC championship tournament, which will be held this weekend, May 6-8 at #1 D'Youville College.
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Kalie McHenry, D'Youville College, Pitcher of the Week
May 02, 2016McHenry finished the regular season with a 3-1 record and four complete games. McHenry pitched a total of 27.0 innings, striking out 17 and allowing one earned run and finishing the week with a .26 ERA. Against Hilbert on Wednesday, she pitched a complete game shutout, two hitter in game one with eight strikeouts. In game two, McHenry followed up with a one hitter complete game, allowing no earned runs. Not only did she get the job done in the pitching circle, she was dominate at the plate. Over four games, McHenry had five hits, five runs, six RBI, four walks and a home run. In game one against Hilbert, she had two runs, two hits, two walks, four RBI and a homer. Currently, McHenry leads the AMCC in innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and wins, while she is third in ERA.
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Lydia Monin, D'Youville College, Player of the Week
May 02, 2016Monin had a career week for the Spartans. In game two against Hilbert on Wednesday, Monin hit her first career home run to go with two hits, two runs, two walks and a double in the team's 10-0 win. In game one against Mount Aloysius on Saturday, Monin scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the third and then hit her second home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth for the go-ahead run in the 2-1 win. Her home run was the 100th hit of her career. In four games, Monin scored five runs with six hits, two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. She had at least an RBI in all four games last week. She also hit .500 over those four games. Monin is currently fourth in the AMCC with 34 runs.
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AMCC SOFTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: PENN ST. ALTOONA AT PENN ST. BEHREND
April 28, 2016The AMCC softball game of the week features two of the three teams that are tied for first place as we head into the final weekend of regular season play.
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MOUNTIE SOFTBALL RAISES AWARENESS FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER
April 27, 2016The Mount Aloysius softball team joined up with the visiting La Roche College Redhawks to raise awareness for pediatric cancer during their softball matchup on Tuesday, April 19.
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PITT-BRADFORD SOFTBALL RAISES AWARENESS FOR EDS
April 27, 2016The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford As part of the day’s festivities, the Panthers wore purple shirts, with one of Maggie’s favorite sayings on the back, “When life throws you a curve ball, hit it out of the park.”
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BEHREND'S SHANNON McDONNELL NAMED ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
April 27, 2016Penn State Behrend junior catcher/infielder Shannon McDonnell was named the ECAC South Region Player of the Week for the week ending April 24, 2016.
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AJ Nichols, Penn State Behrend, Pitcher of the Week
April 25, 2016Nichols did not allow one run in three wins in the circle this week. She allowed eight hits and threw two shut-out victories against Pitt-Bradford and La Roche. In 19.2 innings, she struck out 20, including nine in a 2-0 win against the Redhawks. Nichols currently leads the AMCC with a 1.35 ERA.
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Shannon McDonnell, Penn State Behrend, Player of the Week
April 25, 2016McDonnell led the Lions to an 8-0 week, batting .654 behind 17 hits and 16 RBI. She only struck out once in 26 at-bats and smacked four doubles and two triples. She hit perfect games in three contests, including a 4-for-4 performance with four RBI in game one against Mt. Aloysius. McDonnell currently leads the AMCC with 27 RBI.
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PENN ST. ALTOONA'S CLARISSA KELLER NAMED ECAC SOUTH REGION PLAYER OF THE WEEK
April 20, 2016Penn State Altoona softball senior catcher Clarissa Keller was announced as the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III South Region Player of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
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AMCC SOFTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: D'YOUVILLE AT PENN ST. ALTOONA
April 19, 2016Penn State Altoona softball (20-6, 10-0 AMCC) hosts fellow undefeated conference foe D’Youville College (16-8, 10-0 AMCC) this Sunday, April 24 for a showdown at Stewart Athletic Field.
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Kalie McHenry, D'Youville College, Pitcher of the Week
April 18, 2016McHenry went 5-0 last week, pitching five complete games. In a total of 35.0 innings, McHenry allowed a total of eight earned runs for a 1.60 ERA. She also racked up 33 strikeouts. McHenry is first in the AMCC in strikeouts (131) and complete games (18) while is second in ERA (1.89), wins (14) and games started (18). At the plate, she continued her standout offensive season hitting .538, including seven hits with four runs and one RBI.
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Clarissa Keller, Penn State Altoona, Player of the Week
April 18, 2016Keller had another big week at the plate to help Penn State Altoona go 4-0 in AMCC play, recording three multi-hit games along the way. In a doubleheader sweep at La Roche, she combined to go 4-for-8 with a double, a run scored, and three stolen bases. In another doubleheader sweep at Hilbert, Keller batted 7-for-9 with two doubles, a triple, four RBI, six runs scored, and two steals. On the week, she hit .647 (11-for-17) with 10 runs scored, four RBI, three doubles, one triple, and five steals.
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PENN ST. ALTOONA'S BURGE SELECTED AS ECAC SOUTH REGION PITCHER OF THE WEEK
April 13, 2016The Eastern College Athletic Conference on Wednesday announced that Penn State Altoona junior Kate Burge was its Division III South Region Pitcher of the Week.
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Kate Burge, Penn State Altoona, Pitcher of the Week
April 11, 2016Burge surrendered just one hit in two wins over Franciscan on Tuesday, including notching a perfect game. In game one, the junior went three innings and gave up one hit while striking out three for the victory. In game two, Kate pitched her second career perfect game, going all five innings and striking out eight batters along the way. On the week, she pitched eight innings, gave up only one hit, recorded 11 strikeouts, while not allowing a run. Burge currently leads the AMCC with 12 wins and a a 1.47 ERA.
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Kara Sainato, La Roche College, Player of the Week
April 11, 2016Sainato was terrific in the Redhawks' two-game sweep at Pitt-Greensburg. She hit .500 on the day and drove in six runs. She scored four times, homered and tripled.
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AMCC SOFTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: D'YOUVILLE AT PENN ST. ALTOONA
April 05, 2016The AMCC softball game of the week features a showdown of the current top two teams in the conference. Penn State Altoona (15-5, 6-0) is sitting at 6-0 in the conference, while D'Youville College (9-6, 5-0) is right behind them with a 5-0 conference mark.
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MOUNTIES' TEETER REACHES 200TH WIN
April 04, 2016Mount Aloysius College head softball coach Carl Teeter recently hit a coaching milestone as the Mounties ninth-year coach won his 200th game last week in a non-conference doubleheader against Geneva College.
