Thursday, March 28, 2002

MOWREY NAMED ECAC SOUTH PITCHER OF THE WEEK

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Senior Rachel Mowrey (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) of the Moravian College softball team has been named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Southern Pitcher of the Week for her performance last week.

Mowrey, who was also named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week for her performance, tossed her second one-hitter of the season, allowing the leadoff batter of the seventh inning an infield single, while shutting out Messiah College, 4-0, to open the Commonwealth Conference season.  Mowrey's other no-hit bid this season went 6 2/3 innings before allowing a single.  She gave up just one walk in the contest and she struck out one.  Only three Messiah batters reached base in the game (one on an error).  With Moravian trailing 3-1 in the second game of the twinbill, Mowrey came back on the mound and allowed just one hit and three base runners (two by errors) over the final 2 2/3 innings.  For the doubleheader, Mowrey pitched 9 2/3 innings with two hits and no runs allowed.

Moravian is 13-3 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth Conference this season and will host Susquehanna University on Friday, March 29th in a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m.