Monday, March 28, 2005

MORAVIAN’S HOMA & HENNESSY NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE PLAYER & PITCHER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Sophomore first baseman Lauren Homa (Chalfont, PA/Central Bucks West HS) and junior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) of the Moravian College softball team have been named Commonwealth Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week for their performances last week.

The duo led the Greyhounds to a 4-0 record in non-conference action and helped the team extend its winning streak to six games. Moravian, ranked second in the nation in the 2005 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Preseason Top 25 Poll, is now 12-3 on the year.

Homa hit .600 (six for 10) with a double, a triple and two home runs to go with her 11 RBIs. Homa also scored six runs, accounting for over half of Moravian’s offense for the week. She added a 1.500 slugging percentage and had 16 putouts in 16 chances in the field. Homa began the week with a 1-for-2 performance including an RBI and a run in an 8-0 victory over Muhlenberg College. In the second game of the doubleheader, a 6-2 Moravian win, Homa was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a triple and two runs. Homa opened a non-conference doubleheader with FDU-Florham going 2-for-3 with five RBIs, a double, a three-run home run and two runs in a 9-0 victory. She finished the week with a three-run homer as her only in the second game of the doubleheader, a 5-4 win.

Hennessy tossed her second career no-hitter and her first of the season while posting a 3-0 record with a save and two shutouts last week. Hennessy had a 0.40 ERA last week, allowing just two runs, only one earned, on seven hits and six walks while striking out 22 batters in 17 ½ innings. She now has 24 career shutouts, breaking Amy Croll’s record set between 1994 and 1997. Hennessy started the week with a no-hitter of rival Muhlenberg College that included eight strikeouts. Hennessy closed out the doubleheader sweep with a victory in the second game. Hennessy allowed just one hit, her fourth one-hitter of the year, in a victory over FDU-Florham that included nine strikeouts. Hennessy then came on to get the final out in the second game earning her second save of the season. Hennessy also had two putouts and eight assists in ten chances in the field last week

Moravian is slated to return to action on Tuesday, March 29th in a non-conference doubleheader at Wilkes University in Kingston, Pennsylvania beginning at 2:30 p.m.