Wednesday, May 7, 2003

BORTZ NAMED ECAC DIVISION III SOUTHERN SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Sophomore shortstop Heather Bortz (Allentown, PA/Parkland HS) of the Moravian College softball team has been named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Southern Player of the Week for her performances last week.

Bortz helped the Greyhounds to a 5-0 record last week, the team’s third straight Commonwealth Conference Tournament title, the squad’s fourth straight Commonwealth Conference Championship and the program’s sixth consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.

Bortz, who was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season, hit .667 last week with 12 hits in 18 at-bats, and she was 7-10 at the Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Bortz added three runs scored, three RBIs, a triple, a walk, a sacrifice and a stolen base in 20 plate appearances. She was five-for-eight in Moravian’s regular season finale sweep of Albright College, and Bortz added a five-for-six performance in the Greyhounds’ 4-3, 11-inning victory over Juniata College to open the Commonwealth Tournament. Bortz had 15 chances in the field last week and committed just one error with seven putouts and seven assists. Bortz is hitting .492 (58 of 118) for the season.

Moravian, which is 29-8 overall, has been seeded third in the NCAA Division III Regional at Ramapo College. The Greyhounds will play sixth seeded the United States Merchant Marine Academy at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9th in the second game of the tournament.