Monday, May 8, 2006
MORAVIAN’S MEAGAN HENNESSY NAMED COMMONWEALTH
CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK;
LAUREN HOMA GARNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold,
NJ/Freehold Township HS) of the Moravian College softball
team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week
for the sixth time this season for her performance last week while
junior outfielder Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks
West HS) earned Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week
honors.
Hennessy,
who was named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week for
the second consecutive week, was named the Most Valuable Player
of the Commonwealth Conference Tournament for the second straight
season as the Greyhounds won their sixth consecutive conference
tournament title. Hennessy was 3-1 with a 0.90
ERA, one shutout and 28 strikeouts in 31 innings.
She opened the tournament with a 2-1 victory over Susquehanna University
in which she allowed an unearned run on two hits while striking
out seven. Hennessy then tossed a ten-inning, four-hit
shutout of Lebanon Valley College to advance to the championship
round. Hennessy allowed a walk and struck out nine
in the game.
In the first championship game against Lebanon Valley, Hennessy
allowed three first inning runs but no more in a 3-1 loss that saw
her allow nine hits and a walk while striking out eight batters.
In the deciding game, Hennessy gave up a run on
three hits and a walk with four strikeouts to send the Greyhounds
to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament for the
ninth straight year. She was also flawless in the field with two
putouts and six assists.
Hennessy continues to climb up the NCAA Division
III record books. She is now second in career shutouts with 51,
seventh in career victories with 89, sixth in career strikeouts
834, tied for ninth in career ERA at 0.86, eighth in innings pitched
with 785.2 and tied for sixth in complete games with 100.
Homa
was the Greyhounds’ leading hitter as the team captured its
sixth straight Commonwealth Conference Tournament Championship.
Homa hit .538 with seven hits in 13 at-bats with
a double and an RBI. Homa was moved up to the second
spot in the batting order for the tournament and had three sacrifice
bunts including two in the championship game that helped Moravian
score a pair of runs in the win. Homa was two-for-three
in a 2-1 win over Susquehanna. She then went three-for-four with
a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning in a
1-0 victory over Lebanon Valley.
In the first championship game, Homa was one-for-four
in a 3-1 loss to Lebanon Valley. In the top of the first inning
of the “if necessary game”, Homa doubled
for the 100th hit of her career, the 22nd player at Moravian to
reach 100 career hits. In her next two at-bats, Homa
had sacrifice bunts to setup Greyhound runs in the 3-1 title win.
Homa also made two putouts from her left field position.
Moravian is scheduled to return to action as the fourth seed in
the 2006 NCAA Division III Regional at Salisbury (MD) University
beginning on Thursday, May 11th. The Greyhounds will take on fifth
seed King’s College in the first game of the tournament at
10:00 a.m.
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