Lydia Monin, D'Youville College, Player of the Week

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: D'Youville OF Lydia 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. 

BEST OF THE REST: PS-Behrend C Sarah Blagg hit .615 in four games for the Lions, tallying eight hits (including a double and a triple), seven RBI and also had three sacrifices and scored five runs...Pitt-Bradford 3B Amber Fox hit .800 with a .875 on-base percentage and a 1.200 slugging percentage in two games against Franciscan, finishing the series with four runs, four RBI, and five stolen bases...Pitt-Greensburg 3B Emily Webster led the Bobcats with three hits in a playoff-clinching doubleheader sweep of Hilbert College, hitting .600 with a walk, one double, and two runs scored while posting a .667 on base percentage...La Roche OF Andie Lippman hit .474 (9 for 19) with seven runs, two RBI, six stolen bases and a triple in six games last week...Mount Aloysius OF Leanne Cardoso-Bastos had three hits and two runs scored for the Mounties while also making a huge impact in the outfield with several outstanding plays, including 10 putouts with no errors for the week...PS-Altoona INF Ashley Struble batted 4-for-12 (.333) with a double, a home run, four RBI, and one walk, posting a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage at first base.