Three Athletes Earn ECAC Weekly Honors
Three Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) athletes were named this week's Division III Upstate Corvias Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Athletes of the Week for the week of March 24-30, 2014.
Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week
Drew Simoneau – Nazareth College
Junior, Midfield, Manchester, NH
Simoneau helped the Golden Flyers to Empire 8 wins over Alfred and Elmira by once again dominating on face-offs, winning 35 of 44 draws in the two games and scooping up 32 ground balls. He also broke Nazareth career records for total ground balls (468) and face-off wins (628). He has won 68 percent of his draws this season (152 for 244) and has 121 ground balls.
Softball Player of the Week
Jessica Rees – Stevens Institute of Technology
Freshman, Outfield, Mount Dora, Fla.
Rees had a breakout week for Ducks going 10-15 (.667), which included 5 doubles and one triple in a 4-0 week for Stevens. Rees also added 11 RBIs and scored eight runs to improve her batting average from .250 to .383. The freshman also played a flawless left field, making every play hit to her.
Softball Pitcher of the Week
Kayla Berardi – Stevens Institute of Technology
Senior, Brookfield, Conn.
Berardi surrendered just two earned runs in 18.2 innings last week, earning three wins in the process in a 4-0 week for Stevens. Berardi struck-out 18, and lowered her ERA to 0.79. After striking out six in an 11-1 five inning complete-game against St. John Fisher on Saturday, Berardi turned right around and pitched another five inning complete-game shut-out in game two. The wins marked the first time that Stevens has swept Fisher.