2006 SUNYAC Softball
Players of the Week

Date
Player of the Week
Pitcher of the Week
May 1
Michelle Norwich - Oneonta
^ Ang D'Amboise - Cortland
April 24
Lindsey Cole - Brockport
Jaclyn Leitze - Plattsburgh
April 17
Liz McPartlan - New Paltz
^ Stephanie Zweig - Plattsburgh
April 10
Kristen Newton - Geneseo
Stephanie Adamshick - Cortland
April 3
* Keri Brean - Plattsburgh
^ Amanda Traylor - Brockport
March 27
Shara Evanter - Cortland
Aimee Fisher - Buffalo State
March 20
* Heidi Benware - Plattsburgh
^Amanda Traylor - Brockport

*ECAC Upstate Player of the Week
^ECAC Upstate Pitcher of the Week

May 1, 2006
Player of the Week
Michelle Norwich - Oneonta
Senior, C (Mohawk/Mohawk)
Norwich was 10 for 21 (.476) as she led the Red Dragons to a 4-2 week including a doubleheader sweep of New Paltz to clinch a berth in the SUNYAC playoffs. She had 10 RBIs and six runs scored while posting a .952 slugging percentage for the week.

Pitcher of the Week
Ang D'Amboise - Cortland
Junior (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa)
D'Amboise went 3-0 in four appearances, including a five-inning perfect game in a 10-0 win against Brockport. She also threw a five-inning shutout win against Oneonta. In 18 innings pitched, she allowed just six hits and had 24 strikeouts with a 0.78 ERA.


April 24, 2006

Player of the Week
Lindsey Cole - Brockport
Sophomore, DP (Liverpool/Liverpool)
Cole was 9 of 12 (.750) as she helped lead Brockport to a pair of SUNYAC sweeps over Oswego and SUNYIT this past week. She had a double and a home run, eight RBIs and five runs scored in the four games. She also had a pair of stolen bases and a 1.083 slugging percentage. Cole leads the Golden Eagles with a .354 batting average and 23 RBIs.

Pitcher of the Week
Jaclyn Leitze - Plattsburgh
Sophomore (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake)
Leitze went 4-0 without allowing a single run as the Cardinals posted a perfect 6-0 week. In 18 innings, Leitze had 27 strikeouts, no walks and allowed just five hits. She allowed just two hits and struck out eight in a six-inning shutout of Buffalo State on Saturday. Leitze improved to 14-5 on the season with a 1.30 ERA and 170 strikeouts.

April 17, 2006
Player of the Week
Liz McPartlan – New Paltz
Senior, 1B (Huntington Station/Walt Whitman)
McPartlan led New Paltz to a perfect 8-0 week, hitting .545 (12 for 22) with three doubles, a triple and a home run. McPartlan also had 10 RBIs and recorded her 100th career hit, bringing her total to 104. The Hawks swept Russell Sage, John Jay, SUNY Purchase and Potsdam.

Pitcher of the Week
Stephanie Zweig - Plattsburgh
Sophomore (West Nyack/Clarkstown South)
Zweig posted a 2-0 week with a pair of shutouts, including a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over St. Lawrence. She also threw in a 5-0 win against Oneonta, extending her shutout streak to three games. In 14 innings pitched, Zweig allowed just three hits and no walks, while striking out 21. She is currently 11-2 overall and 5-0 in SUNYAC.

April 10, 2006
Player of the Week
Kristen Newton - Geneseo
Sophomore, LF (Whitesboro/Whitesboro)
Newton hit .421 (8 of 19) last week, helping the Blue Knights to a 6-2 overall record and a 5-1 mark in SUNYAC play. She had five doubles, scored three runs and had four RBIs while posting a .684 slugging percentage. Newton leads Geneseo this season with a .419 batting average.

Pitcher of the Week
Stephanie Adamshick - Cortland
Senior, (Milton/Marlboro)
Adamshick tossed a pair of shutouts this past week against Oswego and SUNYIT, limiting the opposition to a .053 batting average. She allowed just one hit in a 9-0, five-inning win against Oswego on Saturday, and threw another one-hitter in a 1-0 win over SUNYIT on Sunday. In the win over SUNYIT, she also set a school record for strikeouts in a single game with 16, and became Cortland's all-time career strikeout leader with 480. Adamshick is 7-2 on the season with five shutouts and a 1.12 ERA.

April 3, 2006
Player of the Week
Keri Brean - Plattsburgh
Senior, 3B/C (West Chazy/Beekmantown)
Brean helped the Cardinals to a 4-0 week, including conference sweeps of Cortland and Oswego. Brean was 7 of 10 (.700) at the plate with two homeruns, a double, six RBIs and five runs scored. She is batting .421 for the season.

Pitcher of the Week
Amanda Traylor - Brockport
Junior, (Syracuse/Henninger)
The junior pitcher earned the honor for the second time this season, going 3-0 with a pair of shutouts. In 21 innings, she allowed just one earned run for a 0.33 ERA and had 23 strikeouts and no walks. In a win against Oneonta, she set a school record with 13 strikeouts. Traylor is 9-0 on the season with a 0.70 ERA and has limited the opposition to a .203 batting average.

March 27, 2006
Player of the Week
Shara Evanter - Cortland
Sophomore, DP (Commack, NY/Commack)
Evanter hit .625 (10 for 16) with two doubles, five RBIs and five runs scored in four games last weekend. She was 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs in a 14-0 win over Muhlenberg. Evanter leads the 10-4 Red Dragons with a .348 batting average and has 10 RBIs.

Pitcher of the Week
Aimee Fisher - Buffalo State
Freshman, (Hamburg, NY/Frontier)
After tossing a perfect game in her collegiate debut against St. Lawrence last week, Fisher continued to roll this week, posting a 3-1 record and added a save. The freshman had a 0.78 ERA in five appearances, while striking out 26 and limiting the opposition to a .121 batting average. She threw her second career shutout in a two-hitter against Trinity (Conn.).

March 20, 2006

Player of the Week
Heidi Benware - Plattsburgh
Senior., OF (Keesville/AuSable Valley)
Benware helped lead the Cardinals to an 8-4 week down in Florida, going 14 for 34 (.411) at the plate. She scored ten runs and had six doubles, one triple, two homeruns and six RBIs. She recorded her 100th hit, moving her into third on the all-time hit chart at Plattsburgh, while also becoming the second all-time leader in homeruns. Her six doubles on the trip also broke the school record for doubles.

Pitcher of the Week
Amanda Traylor - Brockport
Junior., (Syracuse/Henninger)
The junior pitcher posted a 4-0 record on the Golden Eagles spring break trip. She tossed four complete games against Salem State, Drew, Bates, and Transylvania, allowing four walks, three runs (two earned), and striking out 20 batters. Traylor had a stretch of 26.2 innings of scoreless pitching before Transylvania managed to score. She is off to a 6-0 start on the mound as Brockport stands at 9-3 overall.




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