Jessica Koptcho, Mount Aloysius College, Softball (Pitcher)
Koptcho went 3-0 in the circle last week, helping the Mounties to three conference wins. In her two starts, Koptcho tossed complete game shutouts against both La Roche and Hilbert, allowing just five hits combined in 13.0 innings. She struck out 15 combined, with a high of nine strikeouts against Hilbert. She then appeared in relief against Hilbert in game two, with 1.2 innings and two strikeouts, earning her third victory of the week and dropping her ERA to 1.24. Koptcho currently leads the AMCC in ERA and is second in overall wins on the season.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Mount Aloysius JR Jessica Koptcho went 3-0 in the circle last week, helping the Mounties to three conference wins. In her two starts, Koptcho tossed complete game shutouts against both La Roche and Hilbert, allowing just five hits combined in 13.0 innings. She struck out 15 combined, with a high of nine strikeouts against Hilbert. She then appeared in relief against Hilbert in game two, with 1.2 innings and two strikeouts, earning her third victory of the week and dropping her ERA to 1.24. Koptcho currently leads the AMCC in ERA and is second in overall wins on the season.
BEST OF THE REST: Alfred State FR Marissa Ordway notched two big wins in the circle last week against Hilbert and Carlow, totaling 13 innings pitched with an era of 1.62, she tallied seven strikeouts, only allowing nine hits and five runs...PS-Behrend SO Lauren Rabanal got two wins in two starts last week, pitching 9.2 innings for a 2.17 ERA, as she allowed three earned runs on 11 hits in three appearances. ...PS-Altoona FR Madison Kennedy went 1-1 in starts against AMCC opponents Pitt-Greensburg and Penn State Behrend last week, as she pitched a complete game and picked up the win on Thursday against Pitt-Greensburg, allowing just one earned run across seven innings.