Hayley Durham (San Jose, Calif./San Lorenzo Valley) of Stony Brook is the America East Player of the Week, while Jenna Merchant (Sandy, Utah/Sandy) of Maine and Vermont’s Kate Ramsey (Littleton, N.H./Profile) were named America East Pitcher and Rookie of the Week respectively. (May 10)
Durham collected seven hits in 16 at bats, while driving in seven runs and scoring three. She cranked two home runs against Binghamton as the Seawolves won two-out-of-three games to grab the No. 2 seed in the America East Softball Championship.
Merchant collected two wins against conference foe Hartford as the Black Bears secured the No. 4 seed in the America East Softball Championship. Merchant allowed two earned runs over 11.2 innings and struck out nine, while only allowing one walk.
Ramsey hit .529 (9-for-17) during the week, driving in three runs and scoring another. Ramsey had two game-winning hits against UMBC, including a two-run double in the Catamounts final at bat to defeat the Retrievers 4-3 in the first game of Saturday’s double-header.