POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – For the third time this season, the Marist University softball team has swept the Jersey Mike's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards.
 
Maddie Pleasants earned MAAC Player of the Week, Kiley Myers won MAAC Pitcher of the Week, and Sienna Kunze was named MAAC Rookie of the Week.
 
Pleasants led Marist in batting average (.571), hits (eight), RBIs (nine), total bases (16), and OPS (1.743 - 1.143 slugging and .600 on-base) while tying for the team lead in homers (two) in the Red Foxes' 4-0 week. She also tossed nine scoreless innings in the circle with 17 strikeouts and a win. Pleasants hit safely in all four games last week. In game two of a doubleheader against Canisius on April 1, she went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, three runs scored, a home run, and a double in Marist's 11-1 triumph. In game two of a doubleheader against Fairfield on April 4, Pleasants recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts as she tossed a four-hit shutout in Marist's 6-0 triumph.
 
Myers threw her second no-hitter of the season and earned wins in all three of her appearances last week as she went 3-0 with a 0.91 ERA and 0.91 WHIP in 15.1 innings. On April 1, Myers earned wins in both ends of a doubleheader against Canisius. She tossed a no-hitter in game one and came within one error of a perfect game. In that game, she struck out four and threw just 48 pitches in five innings as Marist won 8-0. On April 4 against Fairfield, Myers allowed just one earned run in 6.1 innings for her third victory of the week.
 
Kunze hit .538 (7-for-13) with a 1.677 OPS (1.077 slugging, .600 on-base) and totaled two home runs, seven RBIs, four runs scored, and two walks as Marist went 4-0 last week. She hit safely and had at least one RBI in all four games. In game one of a doubleheader against Canisius on April 1, she hit a walk-off three-run homer to enable Marist to prevail by the mercy rule in five innings. In game one of a doubleheader against Fairfield on April 4, she belted a home run in Marist's three-run fifth as the Red Foxes took the lead for good in an 8-6 victory.
 
Pleasants has now won two Player of the Week awards this season and four in her career, and she has now won six career MAAC weekly awards. Myers has won six MAAC Pitcher of the Wek awards this season. She has earned this honor 15 times in her career, and she has captured 17 career MAAC weekly awards. This is Kunze's third award of the season.
 
Marist has won 18 MAAC awards through nine weeks of action. The Red Foxes have had the Player of the Week in all nine.
 
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)
April 1: Samantha Rogers (Player of the Week)
April 8: Maddie Pleasants (Player of the Week), Kiley Myers (Pitcher of the Week), Sienna Kunze (Rookie of the Week)
 
Marist is 30-5 overall and 7-0 in MAAC play. The Red Foxes have the nation's longest active winning streak at 19 games, which is also their longest streak in program history.
 
Marist is scheduled to return to action this weekend with a three-game series at Siena. The teams are set to play a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. First pitch both days is set for noon.