NE10 Softball Report: Week 7

Posted: Apr 26, 2021

Week 7 - April 26, 2021

NE10 Player of the Week

Madi Killebrew, Franklin Pierce
Graduate Student | 3B/SS | Dana Point, Calif.

Killebrew appeared in all six games for the Ravens helping her squad to a 5-1 record. The graduate third baseman slashed .529/.600/1.294 with three home runs, 13 RBI, five runs scored, two doubles, a triple, and a walk. In the Ravens 17-13 victory over Bentley on Thursday, Killebrew was a perfect 3-for-3 at the dish coming up a single short of the cycle with a program single-game record six RBI. On Saturday she followed that up with a 3-for-3, homer, double, and five RBI performance in game one 7-1 victory at Stonehill. In the 12-1 game two win, Killebrew hit a round-tripper in her third straight game part of a 2-for-4 effort.

NE10 Pitcher of the Week

Morgan Perry, Saint Anselm
Senior | Pitcher | Bethany, Conn.

Perry dominated her opponents this past week, which featured a no-hitter on Friday against Saint Michael's and then followed up with a perfect game against the same team 24 hours later. Earlier in the week, Perry struck out six Franklin Pierce batters in three innings pitched. The no-hitter on Friday marked the third of Perry's career with the most recent no-no coming on Mar. 21, 2021 when she struck out 16 batters in the victory over New Haven in the season opener. Perry's 18 strikeouts in game one against the Purple Knights on Friday was the highest in a single game by a Hawks student-athlete. A day later, she threw a perfect game on Saturday, which was the first-ever in program history, as there were only three Hawks' student-athletes to throw no-hitters, but never a perfect game. In the process, she fanned 10 batters via strikeouts in the win over Saint Michael's on Saturday.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Ashley Cangiano, Franklin Pierce
Freshman | Utility | North Attleboro, Mass.

Cangiano started and played in all six of the Ravens games this past week. The freshman utility player slashed .625/.647/1.125 with four doubles, two triples, five runs scored, five RBI. In the Ravens 2-1 win over nationally-ranked Saint Anselm, Cangiano was 2-for-2 with a two-bagger, a triple, an RBI and a walk. She followed that up with a perfect day at the plate against Bentley combining to go 5-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, four RBI and three runs scored.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Ally Muller, Adelphi (Sr., P - Hopewell Junction, N.Y.)
Muller went 1-0 on the week for Adelphi. She threw six perfect innings before giving up the lone hit. Ally was good for eight strikeouts on the game and held her opponent to no runs scored for the 10th time this season.

Alyssa Bialakis, Assumption (Sr., 1B - Boca Raton, Fla.)
Bialakis led Assumption at the plate over two games with Southern N.H. on Tuesday. She posted four hits, including one homerun, three RBIs and one run scored. In game one, Bialakis lifted the Hounds to an 8-2 victory, going 2-for-4 with a homerun and three RBIs. She went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 6-3 setback in game two. Bialakis finished the week batting .500.

Ella Hillier, Bentley (Jr., C - Tualatin, Ore.)
During a six-game week, Hillier hit .381 (8-21) with seven runs scored, three RBI, five doubles and a .619 slugging percentage. She scored three times at Franklin Pierce and had a 3-for-4 game with two runs scored against Southern New Hampshire.

Laura Bennett, Le Moyne (Fr., P - Corning, N.Y.)
She went 2-0 with a 1.50 earned run average and 14 strikeouts in two complete game performances during Le Moyne's 3-1 week. On Friday, she struck out eight in a 5-3 victory over Pace. She then struck out six in a 3-0 win over the Setters on Saturday.

Kaily LaForce, Le Moyne (Sr., INF/OF - Binghamton, N.Y.)
She slashed .571/.571/1.429 with two home runs, three triples, six runs scored and five runs batted in during Le Moyne's 3-1 week. She opened the four-game series with Pace going 2-for-3 with a triple, RBI and run scored in a 5-3 win. She then went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, an RBI and three runs scored in a 9-7 victory in the nightcap. On Saturday, she went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in a 10-6 setback to the Setters. In the nightcap, she was 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored in 3-0 win over Pace.

Ava Fitzmaurice, New Haven (Jr., P - Greenville, N.Y.)
For the second-straight week, Fitzmaurice led her squad at the plate and in the circle. The junior pitcher/outfielder hit .462 with six hits, including three for extra bases, and four RBI, while amassing a 0.66 ERA with a 2-0 record and a save in the circle. She opened up the week earning a decision in both ends of a doubleheader against American International, picking up the victory in the opening game and closing out her fourth save in the second game. At the plate against the Yellow Jackets she finished with four hits and four RBI, adding a pair of RBI in each game and closing out the second game with three hits. In a road doubleheader against Southern Connecticut, Fitzmaurice picked up the victory in the opening game and pitched a total of 13 innings against the Owls.

Briana Ryan, Pace (Sr., INF - Wilmington, Calif.)
Ryan put together one of the best offensive stretches in recent memory last week. The California native went 7-for-10 across three games with six runs scored and five RBIs. She was especially in the zone on Saturday when she launched three home runs in a single game at Le Moyne. Ryan is batting a .531 this season in 32 at-bats with 11 RBIs and 11 runs scored.

Bre Klaiber, Saint Anselm (Jr., SS - Ironton, Ohio)
Over the 5-1 week for the nationally-ranked Hawks, Klaiber led the team with a .650 batting average and a .800 slugging percentage over six games played. She totaled 13 hits, claiming three doubles while driving in five runs. She started the week with three hits and two runs batted in against Franklin Pierce in game one. She would then recorded one hit each in the next two contests before earning two hits each against Saint Michael's. Her week finished with a four-hit performance, driving in two runs off a double. Klaiber owns an active nine-game hitting streak.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2020-21 NE10 Softball Standings

Northeast Division

	Conference			Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Saint Anselm	24	21-3	0.875	40	33-7	0.825
Franklin Pierce	24	18-6	0.750	30	21-9	0.700
Assumption	24	15-9	0.625	26	16-10	0.615
So. New Hampshire	24	12-12	0.500	26	13-13	0.500
Bentley	24	9-15	0.375	25	9-16	0.360
Saint Michael's	24	5-19	0.208	25	5-20	0.200
Stonehill	24	4-20	0.167	29	5-24	0.172

Southwest Division

	Conference			Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
New Haven	24	20-4	0.833	37	28-9	0.757
Adelphi	24	20-4	0.833	40	30-10	0.750
Le Moyne	24	11-13	0.458	26	12-14	0.462
So. Connecticut	25	11-14	0.440	29	14-15	0.483
Pace	24	9-15	0.375	29	9-20	0.310
American Int'l	25	8-17	0.320	32	9-23	0.281
Saint Rose	24	6-18	0.250	25	6-19	0.240