Sports News: Spring 2006
Wednesday, May 5, 2006

MORAVIAN’S MEAGAN HENNESSY NAMED NFCA DIVISION III NATIONAL CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK

STARKVILLE, MS --- Senior pitcher Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) of the Moravian College softball team has been named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III National Co-Player of the Week for her performance last week.

Hennessy, who shared the NFCA award with Colleen Oswald of Rowan University, had a hand in all six Moravian decisions’ last week, going 5-0 with a save, four shutouts, a no-hitter, a one-hitter and two two-hitters. Hennessy, who was also named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week for the fifth consecutive week and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Southern Co-Pitcher of the Week with Julie Koman of Penn State University-Behrend, opened the week with her second no-hitter of the season and the sixth of her career, blanking Elizabethtown College, 9-0 in five innings. She did allow three walks while striking out five batters. In the second game, Hennessy came on with one out and two runners on in the sixth inning and preserved the shutout, allowing just a hit while striking out three batters for her fifth save of the season.

Hennessy then tossed a one-hitter with one walk and six strikeouts in a 2-0 shutout of Albright College. Hennessy also won the second game, allowing her only run of the week on five hits and two walks while striking out nine. In her final doubleheader at Blue & Grey Field, Hennessy tossed a pair of two-hit, 2-0 shutouts against Messiah College. Hennessy did not allow a walk in the first game while striking out nine batters, and she had two walks and eight strikeouts in the second game.

Hennessy, who is 19-4 on the season, was used in the flex position to run for designated player Richelle McWilliams (Riegelsville, PA/Easton HS) and scored four runs last week. She was also flawless in the field with three putouts and seven assists. Hennessy continues to climb up the NCAA Division III record books. She is now tied for second in career shutouts with 50, tied for eighth in career victories with 86, seventh in career strikeouts 818, tied for ninth in career ERA at 0.86, ninth in innings pitched with 754.2 and tied for 11th in complete games with 96.

Moravian is scheduled to return to action as the top seed in the 2006 Commonwealth Conference Tournament at Susquehanna University beginning on Friday, May 5th. The Greyhounds will take on fourth seed and host Susquehanna in the first game of the tournament at 11:00 a.m.