The 2011 NECC All-Conference Softball Teams Announced: Dorval, Knox and Benway Earn NECC Top Awards
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Eight conference schools were represented on 2011 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Softball All-Conference Team, it was announced today by Commissioner Del Malloy. In addition to the All-NECC honors, four separate major individual award winners and the team sportsmanship award were also voted upon and selected this week.
Lesley freshman utility/pitcher Jennifer Dorval (Franklin, N.H.), a management major, was named the 2011 NECC Softball Player and Rookie of the Year. Dorval helped her team to a 27-6 overall record and 16-0 conference finish earning the top seed in the 2011 NECC Softball Championship. In conference play, Dorval garnered the batting title with a sizzling .614 average and led all NECC players in slugging percentage with a .909 average. She also led the NECC in hits (27), RBI (27), doubles (10), and total bases (40). She was second in on-base percentage (.646), ERA (0.64), opposing batting average (.149), hits allowed (17), runs allowed (4), earned runs allowed (3), third in strike outs (62), and fifth in wins (7). She was 7-0 in conference play hurling 33.0 innings. Overall, she also leads the NECC with a .592 batting average. She currently has 45 hits, 23 runs, 36 RBI, 10 doubles and one homerun. On the mound, Dorval (13-2) is second only to her teammate Knox with a 1.68 ERA, six shut-outs, 113 strike-outs and only 33 walks.
The Lesley Lynx earned the top seed for the 2011 NECC Softball
Championship. Lesley University junior pitcher Cassandra
Knox (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) nabbed the 2011 NECC Softball
Pitcher of the Year for her perfect 8-0 record in conference
play. Knox, a child and family studies major with a focus in
early intervention and a minor in education, led all hurlers in the
NECC with a perfect 0.00 ERA for her 40.2 innings pitched. In
conference play, she tossed eight shutouts fanning 63 batters,
while only walking 11 batters. Overall, Knox (12-4) is also top
among NECC players with a 1.30 ERA. She tossed 86.1 innings giving
up only 16 earned runs on 64 hits. She struck out 92 while only
scattering 42 walks.
Dorval and Knox were joined by their head coach Jen
Benway for top conferen
ce honors. Benway was named the 2011 NECC Softball Coach of
the Year. She led the Lynx to a 27-6 overall record and a perfect
16-0 mark in conference play this season. Lesley earned the honor
to host The 2011 NECC Softball Championship at the #1 seed. Benway
has led the Lynx to win both the 2009 and 2010 championship title.
And this past weekend took the 2011 Championship title.
The Mountaineers of Southern Vermont College, led by first year head coach Leanne Baker, were honored as the 2011 NECC Team Sportsmanship Award recipients. The Mountaineers finished ninth in the conference at 0-16 with a tough season record of 0-22.
Voting for the All-NECC team and each of the major awards was
conducted among all NECC Softball coaches.
Joining Dorval and Knoxon All-NECC First Team were fellow Lynx
senior (OF) Alyson Durben (Stow, Mass.), junior
(OF) Gabrielle Brixey (Coalinga, Calif.) and
sophomore (DP) Emily Mangiaratti (Amherst,
Mass.); Newbury freshman (1B) Joanna Robie
(Andover, Mass.); Daniel Webster senior (2B) Amy
Waller (Berlin, Mass.); Elms’ sophomore (3B)
Rachel Butt (Agawam, Mass.), junior (SS)
Jenna Lipscomb (Cambridge, Mass.) and senior
pitcher Destinee Meeker (Bantam, Conn.); Mitchell
senior (OF) Jen Bordonaro (Winsted, Conn.) and
Southern Vermont junior catcher Alyssa Davis
(Lyndonville, Vt.).
Second team honors went to Mitchell’s sophomore (1B)
Tiffany Person (Waterbury, Conn.), junior
(2B) Nicole Hoxie (Winsted, Conn.) and junior
pitcher Marissa Thomas (New London, Conn.); Lesley
junior (3B) Jenna Fralick (Woburn, Mass.);
Becker senior (SS) Felicia Laufer (Salem, Conn.);
Elms’ junior (OF) Marlene DiRaimo (Cranston,
R.I.) and sophomore catcher Sarah Buckley
(Wilbraham, Mass.); along with Newbury’s freshman (OF)
Sam Rios (Bronx, N.Y.) and sophomore (OF)
Brittany Stracher (Dudley, Mass.).
Six players received honorable mention honors including Bay
Path’s freshman catcher Mercedes Griffith
(Malden, Mass.), freshman (3B) Keelin Dougherty
(Northfield, N.H.) and freshman (SS) Emily Serrano
(North Adams, Mass.); along with Newbury’s junior (2B)
Teressa Fariolo (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and
junior (SS) Theresa Hylinski (Stratford, Conn.);
and Becker sophomore (3B) Talan Barron (Methuen,
Mass.).
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2011 NECC POY: |
2011 NECC Pitcher of the Year: Cassandra Knox |
2011 NECC ROY: Jen Dorval |
2011 NECC COY: Jen Benway |
2011 NECC Team Sportsmanship Award: |
