POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University softball team won two Jersey Mike's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards on Tuesday.
Haley Ahr was named Player of the Week, and
Stella Blanchard is Pitcher of the Week.
Ahr hit .500 with a 1.349 OPS (.786 slugging, .563 on-base) in Marist's four games in the Lion Invitational last weekend. She went 7-for-14 with four doubles, three RBIs, three runs scored, a walk, and a hit by pitch. In a win over Jackson State on Sunday, Ahr went 4-for-4 with three doubles, two RBIs, and two runs scored. She delivered a walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Red Foxes to a 7-6 victory. The previous day, she enjoyed a multi-hit effort against Southeast Missouri State, going 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored, and an RBI. Ahr reached safely in all four of Marist's games.
Blanchard went 2-0 with an ERA of 0.66 and a WHIP of 1.13 in her two appearances this past week. The opposition hit just .195 against her. In her first appearance of the week on Friday, Blanchard went the distance as she tossed a four-hitter with nine strikeouts against just one walk in a 5-1 win over East Texas A&M. She retired the first nine batters she faced, took a shutout into the sixth inning, and threw 65 of her 97 pitches for strikes. On Sunday, Blanchard earned the win in relief against Jackson State. She did not allow an earned run in 3.2 innings, and she recorded six strikeouts.
This is the 15
th weekly award Ahr has won in her career, and it is her 10
th Player of the Week honor. This is Blanchard's first career award.
Marist has won three conference awards through the season's first two weeks:
Marist (5-4) returns to action this weekend at the USF Invitational. The Red Foxes will face Boston College, South Florida, Saint Joseph's, Colgate, and Indiana from Friday through Sunday.
