2015-16 AMCC Softball News
Penn 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.
All 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.
Sophomore Sarah Blagg has been named to the 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-East Region Third Team.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Penn State Altoona senior catcher Clarissa Keller is the 2016 AMCC Softball Player of the Year.
Miller 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.
Blagg 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.
Penn 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.
It will be D'Youville College and Penn St. Behrend clashing in the championship game of the AMCC softball tournament on Sunday at 10am.
Day 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.
AMCC softball teams are gearing up for the AMCC championship tournament, which will be held this weekend, May 6-8 at #1 D'Youville College.
McHenry 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.
Monin 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.
The 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.
