NE10 Softball Report: Week 5

Posted: Mar 20, 2023

Week 5 - March 20, 2023

NE10 Player of the Week

Jacqueline Dumont, Southern Conn. State
Graduate Student | Catacher | Nashua, N.H.

In a 2-2 week, Jacqueline Dumont slashed .636/.615/.909 after going 7-for-11 at the plate. Against Molloy in a 5-3 win, Dumont was 3-for-3 with a run scored. Against Mary in a 20-8 win, Dumont wsa 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored. She followed with a 2-for-2 day against Minnesota Crookston in a 2-1 loss.

NE10 Pitcher of the Week

Laura Bennett, Le Moyne
Junior | Pitcher | Corning, N.Y.

Bennett went 4-1 with a save, 1.01 ERA and 32 strikeouts over 34 and two-thirds innings pitched over six appearances in Le Moyne's 6-2 week. After a 5-4 loss to ninth-ranked Indianapolis on Tuesday, she earned the save by recording the final five outs of a 6-4 win over the University of Mary on Tuesday with three strikeouts. She then struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings in a 5-0 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday. On Friday, tallied seven strikeouts over four scoreless innings of relief for the win in a 7-5 victory over Wayne State (Michigan) and then went the distance in the circle with four strikeouts in a 7-6 win over Purdue Northwest. She capped the week by striking out four over eight innings in a 2-1 win over Hillsdale.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Abby Lineman, Southern N.H.
Freshman | Infield | Doylestown, Pa.

Lineman went 6-for-13 with 8 RBI for the Penmen in her six games last week. On Sunday, she went 4-5 and drove in seven runs with four RBIs in the 17-10 win over Chestnut Hill. She also walked five times for a .611 OBP.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Alexis Jimenez, AIC (Sr., P - Claremont, Calif.)
Jimenez had a solid week for AIC, hitting .286 and reaching base eight times in 23 plate appearances, driving in a pair and scoring once. She also had a great start for AIC against D'Youville, allowing just one earned run in six frames on five hits. She additionally completed 45 of 46 chances defensively on the week between the circle and first base.

Abigail Wells, AIC (Jr., OF - Windsor, Mass.)
Wells had a solid week at the dish and in the field for the Yellow Jackets, collecting seven hits with four going for extra bases. She had three doubles and a triple, including a key 4-for-5 performance against Alliance and St. Thomas Aquinas where she scored three of AIC's five runs in the two wins. She also swiped four bases, and was a perfect 10-for-10 defensively.

Dahlia Fink, Bentley (So., P - Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
In four appearances from the center circle, including three as a starter, Fink was 2-1 with a 3.50 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 22 innings. She pitched a complete-game seven-hitter against Post, limited Slippery Rock to one run in five innings and struck out eight against Purdue-Northwest. Her strikeout-walk ratio was a solid 5-1, which ironically is also her won-loss record.

Jordan Krause, Bentley (So., OF - San Pedro, Calif.)
In eight games in Florida, Krause amassed 10 hits, 22 total bases, 9 RBI and 6 runs scored while amassing a .370/.393/815 slugging percentage. Six of her hits were for extra bases, including three home runs. Krause went deep against Post in a 7-3 win and tied the school single game record with two homers in a 13-1 win over Slippery Rock. She also drove in five runs against the Rock. Krause leads the conference in hits and doubles, and is in the top four in average, slugging, HR, RBI, TB and runs scored.

Bella Williams, Franklin Pierce (So., OF - Phoenix, Ariz.)
Through three games this past week, Williams scattered four hits in eight total at-bats for a .500 batting average. Of her hitting totals, Williams connected for two singles, and also belted a triple and a home run down the stretch. The Raven sophomore delivered two RBI across the span, robbed two bases, and combined for a .556 on-base percentage and a 1.125 slugging percentage. Williams also went perfect from the field, contributing four putouts on the defensive end for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

Frankie Larobardiere, Le Moyne (So., C - North Syracuse, N.Y.)
She slashed .556/.640/.889 with two home runs, five walks, five runs scored and four RBI in Le Moyne's 6-2 week. She went 2-for-2 with a run in a 5-4 eight-inning loss to ninth-ranked UIndy on Tuesday. She went 2-for-2 with a walk in a 5-0 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday. On Friday, she went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in a 7-5 win over Wayne State (Mich.) and 1-for-2 with two walks and a run in a 7-6 victory over Purdue Northwest. On Saturday, she went 1-for-3 with a home run with two strikes and two outs trailing 1-0 in the seventh inning in a 2-1 eight-inning win over Hillsdale and then went 2-for-4 with a run in a 5-1 victory over Salem.

Jenna Devens, Saint Michael's (So., 1B/P - Parisppany, N.J.)
Sophomore Jenna Devens slashed .458/.792/.500 during an eight-game week in Florida. She batted 11-for-24 with three doubles, a triple, a home run, three runs, five RBI, two walks, and only one strikeout in 26 plate appearances. Devens also tossed one contest in the circle, yielding three earned runs in 7.1 innings with five strikeouts during a complete game.

Jamie Hearn, Saint Michael's (Fr., P - Charlotte, N.C.)
Freshman Jamie Hearn pitched in seven of the Purple Knights' eight games last week, posting a 1.83 ERA, a 2-4 record, four complete games in five starts, and 18 strikeouts to eight walks with nine earned runs in 34.1 innings. Hearn yielded a .230 opposing batting average while adding a .308 average of her own at the dish, hitting 4-for-13 with two runs, a double, two RBI, three walks and a sac fly.

Jess Perucki, Southern Conn. (Sr., P - West Milford, N.J.)
Against Molloy in a 5-3 win, Jessica Perucki struck-out eight in a complete game. Against Minnesota Crookston, Perucki was saddled with the loss after the Owls gave up two unearned runs in a 2-1 loss. Perucki was dominant on the mound, scattering five hits over six innings while striking out eight.

Leine McKechnie, Southern N.H. (Jr., P - Passadumkeag, Maine)
McKechnie was in the circle for three of SNHU's four wins for the week, compiling a 3.04 ERA. She struck out 16 in her 23 innings. All three of her wins came in relief against Dominican, Queens, and Chestnut Hill.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2023 NE10 Softball Standings

	Conference			Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Adelphi	24	21-3	0.875	55	47-8	0.855
Bentley	24	18-5-1	0.771	47	30-16-1	0.649
Franklin Pierce	24	16-8	0.667	52	32-20	0.615
Saint Anselm	24	15-8-1	0.646	42	26-15-1	0.631
Pace	24	15-9	0.625	52	27-25	0.519
Assumption	24	13-11	0.542	42	24-18	0.571
Le Moyne	24	12-12	0.500	46	23-23	0.500
So. New Hampshire	24	12-12	0.500	42	20-22	0.476
New Haven	24	12-12	0.500	47	17-30	0.362
So. Connecticut	24	8-16	0.333	42	14-28	0.333
Saint Michael's	24	6-18	0.250	40	13-27	0.325
Saint Rose	24	4-20	0.167	43	12-31	0.279
American Int'l	24	3-21	0.125	46	7-39	0.152