NE10 Softball Report: Week 9

Posted: Apr 18, 2022

Week 9 - April 18, 2022

NE10 Player of the Week

Sophia Cicchetti, Adelphi
Sophomore | Utility | Stirling, N.J.

Sophia went 7-for-13 on the week with two doubles, one triple and four RBIs. She slugged 1.222 with a .778 batting average and .846 on-base percentage along with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. Sophia also tallied two stolen bases and one run scored while walking four times with zero strikeouts.

NE10 Pitcher of the Week

Gisselle Garcia, Pace
Freshman | Pitcher | Lemon Grove, Calif.

Garcia compiled another dominant week in the circle for Pace. The California native tallied four more complete-game victories to improve her record to 12-3 this season. Garcia allowed just one run, while striking out 42 across 28.0 innings pitched for a 0.25 ERA. She averaged 10.5 strikeouts per seven innings with just three walks and 13 total hits allowed. The right-hander now boasts a 1.24 ERA this season, with 134 strikeouts in 107.0 frames of action.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Gisselle Garcia, Pace
Freshman | Pitcher | Lemon Grove, Calif.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Claire Fon, Adelphi (Jr, P - Shrub Oak, N.Y.)
Claire went 3-0 on the week inside the circle. She pitched 22 innings with a 0.64 ERA along with 25 strikeouts and a 1.000 fielding percentage. Claire held her opponents to a .202 batting average against.

Anna Tassone, Assumption (Fr., P - Gardner, Mass.)
Freshman pitcher Anna Tassone won both of her starts in tight 3-1 and 3-2 road victories over Stonehill and Le Moyne, respectively, this past week. Going the distance in each one, she posted a 1.50 ERA by allowing just three runs in 14 innings of work, registered a combined four strikeouts, and did not issue a walk in either game. Tassone has now won her last three starts, as she was also the winning pitcher in the team's walk-off win over Adelphi on April 10th.

Kaylee Mankins, Bentley (Jr., 1B - North Attleboro, Mass.)
During a 4-2 week, Mankins batted .429 and slugged .714 while driving in seven runs and scoring four times. She was 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in an 11-2 win over American International and 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs scored and eight total bases in a 6-2 victory at Southern New Hampshire. Her nine hits included three doubles and one home run.

Payton Doiron, Bentley (So., P - Beacon Falls, Conn.)
Doiron was unscored upon in three appearances and 11 innings while recording a complete game four-hit shutout and two six-out saves. She struck out a career-best 10 against American International, four in two innings at Southern New Hampshire and a total of 16. Meanwhile, she held the opponents to only six hits and a .164 batting average.

Laura Bennett, Le Moyne (So, P - Corning, N.Y.)
She went 2-1 with a 0.37 earned run average and 25 strikeouts over 19 innings pitched. She struck out eight and allowed just three hits in a 3-0 win at Southern Connecticut State on Monday. She struck out nine over six innings in a 1-0 setback at Saint Rose on Tuesday. She registered eight strikeouts and allowed just five hits in an 8-0 six-inning win over Assumption on Friday.

Gwen Pederson, Pace (Jr., OF - Sylmar, Calif.)
Pederson put together a terrific stretch for a Pace team that posted a 7-1 record last week. The junior outfielder batted .421 with five RBIs, three runs scored and three walks. She finished the week with a .500 on-base percentage while upping her batting average to .325 this season.

Haile Hicks, Saint Anselm (So, P - Jefferson, N.H.)
Hicks started three games for Saint Anselm this past week and did not allow a single run in those starts, pitching three shutout victories over Saint Michael's, Bentley and Stonehill. Giving up just eight hits in that span, she struck out 14 in those starts to help the Hawks to a 3-1 record.

Gracie O'Hara, Saint Anselm (So, 3B/DP - Shrewsbury, Mass.)
This past week, O'Hara posted a .474 batting average with four extra-base hits and eight runs batted in, exiting the week on a five-game hitting streak. She posted three hits and five runs batted in against Saint Michael's to start the week, slugging a home run, before adding yet another home run against Bentley the next day. She tacked on two RBI against Bentley in game two before pounding four hits, two in each game, on Saturday against Stonehill.

Savannah Liverio, Saint Rose (Sr, SS - Schenectady, N.Y.)
Liverio-Tyler posted a .500 batting average, slugged .833, and knocked in 5 RBI to lead the Golden Knights to a 4-0 week. In Friday's doubleheader against American International, Liverio-Tyler helped Saint Rose sweep the day after going 5-for-7 with three doubles and four RBI across the two contests.

Isabella Milazzo, Saint Rose (Fr, P/OF - Kinderhook, N.Y.)
Milazzo was stellar in her two starts in the circle this week for the Golden Knights. She totaled 16 strikeouts while allowing just one earned run and a mere five hits across 14.0 innings of work. She led Saint Rose to a 1-0 victory over Le Moyne on Tuesday behind a seven-strikeout effort, followed by a dominating win over American International on Friday in which she matched a career-high with nine punch outs.

Jayden Delaporta, Southern Conn. St. (Sr, 1B - Mystic, Conn.)
Delaporta strung together a strong collective performance in a 3-3 week for the Owls. She slashed a line of .438/.500/.625 through six games played. In the Owls win over Le Moyne, she went 1-for-2 with three runs and two RBI. In a game one victory against New Haven, she went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored, and capped off the week going 2-for-3 against New Haven in game two with one run scored.

Skylar Brandemarte, Stonehill (Fr, P - Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
In both of her starts this week, Brandemarte tossed complete games in each victory and had an ERA lower than 3.00 in both starts. Her best start came against Saint Anselm when she went seven innings, gave up two runs (one earned), and struck out two. With her two complete games, Brandemarte ranks within the top-five (fourth) of the NE10 with 11 and is in the top-10 for both strikeouts at 65 (ninth) and an ERA of 2.46 (eighth).

Shannon Conte, Stonehill (Fr, INF - Amesbury, Mass.)
Conte had a great week for the Skyhawks as the freshman infielder batted .400 and drove in two with two RBIs. In each game last week, Conte hit above .300 in all three contests. Her best game came against Saint Anselm in Stonehill's second game on the doubleheader, Conte ripped a two-out, two-run RBI double to right-center that proved to be the eventual game-winning RBI.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2022 NE10 Softball Standings

	Conference			Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Adelphi	26	22-4	0.846	62	47-15	0.758
Saint Anselm	26	20-6	0.769	45	28-17	0.622
Franklin Pierce	26	17-9	0.654	42	30-12	0.714
So. New Hampshire	26	16-9-1	0.635	44	23-20-1	0.534
Pace	26	14-12	0.538	49	28-21	0.571
Bentley	26	14-12	0.538	43	24-19	0.558
Assumption	26	14-12	0.538	46	19-27	0.413
So. Connecticut	26	12-13-1	0.481	40	18-21-1	0.463
Le Moyne	26	12-14	0.462	42	20-22	0.476
New Haven	26	11-15	0.423	40	17-23	0.425
Stonehill	26	11-15	0.423	38	15-23	0.395
Saint Rose	26	10-16	0.385	45	14-31	0.311
Saint Michael's	26	6-20	0.231	39	10-29	0.256
American Int'l	26	2-24	0.077	42	4-38	0.095