NESCAC Softball All-Conference Teams Released
McArdle of Tufts Named
NESCAC Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. - Senior center
fielder Randee McArdle of conference champion Tufts University was
named the 2001 NESCAC Softball Player of the Year. McArdle, who
earned first-team honors last year, hit .366 in the regular season
with team-highs of 28 runs scored and 31 runs batted in. She also
led the team with 11 doubles and hit six home runs.
Junior pitcher Lauren Peloquin of
Amherst, the 2000 NESCAC Player of the Year, was named the 2001
NESCAC Pitcher of the Year. She led the conference with a 0.38
earned run average with 155 strikeouts and just 19 walks in 110 and
one-third innings. Bowdoin first-year pitcher Erin Hanley and
Amherst first-year first baseman Gina Scribner shared the NESCAC
Rookie of the Year honors. Hanley posted a 5-1 record and 0.67
earned run average with 47 strikeouts in 52 innings. Scribner hit
.333 with 15 runs scored and 14 RBI. Tufts Head Coach Kris Talon
earned NESCAC Coach of the Year honors for leading the Jumbos to
the conference title and their fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA
tournament.
McArdle and Peloquin were two of
four players to earn repeat first-team all-conference honors.
Sophomore catcher Lis Drake of Tufts was named to the first team
for the second consecutive year after being named the 2000 NESCAC
Rookie of the Year. Drake hit .375 with nine doubles, a team-high
eight home runs, 22 runs scored, and 31 RBI. Junior second baseman
Gisele Pinck of NESCAC West Division champion Williams also earned
first-team accolades for the second year in a row. She hit .394
with 26 runs scored and 16 stolen bases.
Junior first baseman Kristie Miller
of NESCAC tournament finalist Bowdoin was named to the first team
this year after being honored on the all-conference second team a
year ago. Miller hit .365 with four triples and 20 runs batted in.
She was joined on the first team by teammate Katie Sheridan, a
junior outfielder who hit .328 with 18 runs scored.
Two other players each from
divisional champions Tufts and Williams earned first-team
accolades. Junior shortstop Jen Mackey and junior first baseman
Tiffany Trahan of Tufts received first-team recognition as did
sophomore pitcher Katherine Baldwin and junior shortstop Jessica
Hartley of Williams. Mackey hit .383 with 26 runs scored, and
Trahan hit .388 with 25 runs scored and 26 RBI. Baldwin posted a
12-4 record with a 1.27 earned run average, while Hartley hit .422
with 21 runs scored. Rounding out the all-conference first team was
senior outfielder Meg Nelson of Amherst. She hit .389 with 14
doubles, 19 runs scored, and 17 runs batted in.
2001 NESCAC Softball
All-Conference Team
Pos
|
First Team |
Institution
|
Yr.
|
Hometown |
| P |
Katherine Baldwin |
Williams |
So. |
Yantic, Conn. |
| C |
Lis Drake |
Tufts |
So. |
Chelmsford, Mass. |
| SS |
Jessica Hartley |
Williams |
Jr. |
La Costa, Calif. |
| SS |
Jen Mackey |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Swampscott, Mass. |
| OF |
Randee McArdle |
Tufts |
Sr. |
East Nassau, N.Y. |
| 1B |
Kristie Miller |
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
North Canaan, Conn. |
| OF |
Meg Nelson |
Amherst |
Sr. |
Middletown, Conn. |
| P |
Lauren Peloquin |
Amherst |
Jr. |
Berkley, Mass. |
| 2B |
Gisele Pinck |
Williams |
Jr. |
Lucerne, Switzerland |
| OF |
Katie Sheridan |
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Marblehead, Mass. |
| 1B |
Tiffany Trahan |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Chelmsford, Mass. |
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| Pos |
Second Team |
Institution
|
Yr.
|
Hometown |
| C |
Lindsay Butler |
Wesleyan |
Jr. |
Salinas, Calif. |
| OF |
Kim Chadwick |
Colby |
Jr. |
Gardiner, Maine |
| 1B |
Stephanie Dunn |
Hamilton |
So. |
Ithaca, N.Y. |
| LF |
Debra Ellen Glickstein
|
Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Scarsdale, N.Y. |
| OF |
Laura Heath |
Trinity |
So. |
Windsor, Conn. |
| 2B |
Carline Kelly |
Amherst |
Sr. |
S. Dartmouth, Mass. |
| SS |
Laura Lent |
Bates |
Sr. |
Clinton, Mass. |
| P |
Jodie Moreau |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Clarksburg, Mass. |
| P |
Karen Pogonowski |
Hamilton |
Jr. |
Newport, N.Y. |
| C |
Kelly Slack |
Middlebury |
So. |
Manchester, N.H. |
P/OF
|
Krissie Whiting |
Bates |
So. |
Contoocook, N.H. |
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Player of the Year |
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| OF |
Randee McArdle
|
Tufts |
Sr. |
East Nassau, N.Y.
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Pitcher of the Year
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| P |
Lauren Peloquin
|
Amherst |
Jr. |
Berkley, Mass.
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Co-Rookies of the Year |
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|
| P |
Erin Hanley
|
Bowdoin |
Fr. |
Foxboro, Mass.
|
1B
|
Gina Scribner
|
Amherst
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Fr.
|
Star, Idaho
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Coach of the Year |
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Kris Talon |
Tufts |
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