POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Senior Maddie Pleasants of the Marist University softball team was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday.
 
This is Pleasants first MAAC weekly award of the season. It is the fifth of her career, and it is her third Player of the Week honor.
 
Pleasants shined both at the plate and in the circle as Marist opened MAAC play with a three-game sweep at Saint Peter's. She hit .600 (6-for-10) with a 2.136 OPS (1.500 slugging, .636 on-base) as she totaled three homers and eight RBIs, and she also earned a win in her only appearance in the circle.
 
In the second game of a doubleheader at Saint Peter's on March 22, Pleasants homered twice, and she went 3-for-4 with six RBIs and three runs scored in Marist's 15-1 victory, which included a grand slam in the fifth inning. She also started in the circle, and she struck out six over four innings while allowing just one run. In the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, she homered and went 1-for-2 with two RBIs, two runs scored, and a walk in Marist's 9-0 triumph. She finished the weekend by going 2-for-4 in Marist's 3-0 win on Sunday.
 
Pleasants has hit nine homers in her last nine games, and she has struck out 16 over eight innings in her last two pitching appearances. She ranks in the top 25 in the nation in the following categories:
 

• Sacrifice Flies: fifth (5)
• Home Runs: sixth (13)
• Home Runs Per Game: sixth (0.45)
• Strikeouts Per Seven Innings: 21^st (9.3)

 
Marist has won 14 MAAC awards through seven weeks of action. The Red Foxes have had the Player of the Week in all seven.
 
Feb. 11: Miah McDonald (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week)
Feb. 18: Isabella Manory (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week), Sienna Kunze (Rookie of the Week)
Feb. 25: Haley Ahr (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week)
March 4: Haley Ahr (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week), Sienna Kunze (Rookie of the Week)
March 11: Miah McDonald (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week)
March 18: Haley Ahr (Player of the Week)
March 25: Maddie Pleasants (Player of the Week)
 
Marist (24-5 overall, 3-0 MAAC) currently owns the nation's longest winning streak at 13 games. The Red Foxes return to action on Sunday at Quinnipiac, which will be a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch of game one is set for noon.