Softball Player of the Week – Utica
Chelsea Monroe, Junior – Watertown, NY/General Brown
 
Junior Chelsea Monroe of the Utica College softball team had a .474 average (9-of-19) to help Utica go 5-1 last week including sweeps over Ithaca and Stevens. With the wins Utica clinched its first ever Empire 8 Conference regular season title and will host the conference tournament for the first time in program history. Monroe hit three home runs, including two grand slams and racked up 11 RBI. On Saturday, she had grand slams in back-to-back wins over then E8 leader Ithaca College. She followed that up with a three-run shot in Utica’s 10-2 win over Stevens. On the week she scored six runs and drew five walks for an on-base-percentage of .583 and a slugging percentage of 1.000.