MORAVIAN'S KRISTIE PELLICANI NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Sophomore pitcher Kristie Pellicani (Sparta, NJ/Sparta HS) of the Moravian College softball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week for her performance last week.

Pellicani helped the 9th-ranked Greyhounds to 4-0 record last week including a pair of wins in Commonwealth Conference action. Moravian is 13-3 overall and 4-0 in Commonwealth Conference action, and the Greyhounds’ only three losses are to teams ranked in the latest National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll.

Pellicani began the week with a 7-0 shutout of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out seven batters. The shutout was her third of the season. Pellicani then allowed just one run on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts in a 3-1 win in the first game of a Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Susquehanna University. She would return to the circle in game two, allowing just a walk in 1 2/3 innings to earn her first collegiate save in an 8-5 win.

For the week, Pellicani had a 0.45 ERA in 15 2/3 innings with ten strikeouts. She also hit .333 with one hit in three at-bats to go with a run. Pellicani added a putout, six assists and an error in the field.

Moravian is scheduled to return to action on Tuesday, April 3rd in a non-conference doubleheader at DeSales University beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Center Valley.