Darcy, Durando, Cooper Earn #AESB Weekly Honors

Darcy, Durando, Cooper Earn #AESB Weekly Honors

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America East Communications

BOSTON - Three America East softball teams competed in Florida over the weekend and each picked up multiple wins. Albany, last year's champion, and Stony Brook, the preseason favorite and reigning regular-season champion, kicked off their campaigns with the Great Danes going 3-2 and the Seawolves going 2-3. UMass Lowell improved to 8-6 on the young season with a 4-1 week. Read about the weekly award winners and league notes:

Player of the Week
Ariana Darcy, UMass Lowell - Sr., Kingston, N.Y.
  • Reached base in 8-of-11 plate appearances last week, going 5-for-8 with three walks in leading UMass Lowell to four wins in five games.
  • Racked up an OPS of 1.727 by slugging 1.000 and reaching base at a .727 clip.
  • Slugged a homer, drove in three runs and scored three times.

Pitcher of the Week
Devin Durando, Albany - Fr., Oakland, N.J.

  • Hurled a complete-game shutout in her lone appearance last week, a 2-0 win over Florida A&M Sunday.
  • Allowed just two hits while striking out 12.

Rookie of the Week
Vanessa Cooper, UMass Lowell - Fr., Pleasant Gap, Pa.

  • Hit .333 with a .500 on-base percentage in four games last week.
  • Clubbed a home run and drove in three runs in the River Hawks' win over Siena Saturday.
  • Drove in four runs on the week.
  • The award is Cooper's second of the season.

Notes

  • Albany went 3-2 on its opening weekend with wins over Princeton and a pair over Florida A&M.
  • America East Rookie of the Year Elizabeth Snow hit .429 with four runs scored and three RBI last week.
  • UMass Lowell went 4-1 posting four straight wins to start the weekend. 
  • The River Hawks beat Texas State, Columbia, North Dakota and Siena.
  • Stony Brook opened its season with wins over Bethune Cookman and Purdue.

Weekly Award Winners
Feb. 10 - Player of the Week: Alyssa Zinkiewicz, UMass Lowell; Pitcher of the Week: Erica Armenti, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Vanessa Cooper, UMass Lowell
Feb. 17 - Player & Rookie of the Week: Kate Richard, Binghamton; Pitcher of the Week: Alexis Bogdanovich, Maine
Feb. 24 - Player of the Week: Ariana Darcy, UMass Lowell; Pitcher of the Week: Devin Durando, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Vanessa Cooper, UMass Lowell