Two Athletes Honored by ECAC
Two Empire 8 Athletic Conference athletes have been honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as player of the week, for the week of March 11-17.
Division III – Upstate
Pitcher of the Week
Seth Cornell – Houghton College
Sophomore, Alfred, N.Y.
Cornell recorded the program's first-ever no-hitter in a 17-0 Houghton win over Bard College in the first game of a double header on Sunday. Cornell struck out 13 and walked three in seven innings of work. He allowed only four base runners (three walks and an error).
Division III – Upstate
Player of the Week
Dana Torchia – Alfred College
Freshman, Third Base, Pompton Plains, N.J.
Torchia adjusted to the collegiate game quickly as she went 22-for-38 (.579 %) with two doubles, six RBIs and 11 runs scored in Alfred's 12-game spring trip to Arizona. She had one hit and one run to start the week in the 4-3 win over Edgewood. She went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored three times in a 7-6 loss to Dickinson on March 12. Torchia continued to improve her stats on Wednesday going 3-for-4 from the plate with three RBIs. Her biggest game of the week came on Friday against Chatham when she went 4-for-5 with two doubles, one run scored and knocked in an RBI. She added two hits in both games on Saturday to complete her first week in a Saxon uniform.