Monday, March 27, 2006
MORAVIAN’S HENNESSY NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
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 second consecutive week for her performance last week.
Hennessy, who has been named the Commonwealth Conference's Pitcher of
the Week three times this season, had a 3-0 record including her fifth
career no-hitter in a 4-0 record last week for 17th-ranked Moravian including a 2-0 mark
in Commonwealth Conference action.
Hennessy began the week with 10-2 victory at Dickinson College. She
allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out eight batters. In
the first game of a doubleheader at Juniata College, Hennessy tossed her
fifth career no-hitter and first of the season in a 2-0 victory. She faced just one batter
over the minimum because of a hit batter, and she recorded ten strikeouts, her 23rd career
game with at least ten strikeouts. In the second game of the doubleheader, Hennessy worked
four innings to earn the victory in the 9-1, five-inning win. She allowed an unearned run
on a hit and a walk with seven more strikeouts to record her 75th career victory.
For the week, Hennessy posted a 0.78 ERA and allowed just three runs,
two of them earned, on six hits and three walks while striking out 25 batters. Hennessy also
had a sacrifice bunt in her only plate appearance and had a putout, five assists and one
error in seven fielding chances.
Moravian, 13-3 overall, is scheduled to return to action on Tuesday, March 28th in a
non-conference doubleheader versus Wilkes University beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Blue & Grey
Field at the Steel Field Complex. This will be Moravian's home opener.
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