Kaitlyn Willis, Sophomore, Ursinus
Perryville, Md. / Perryville
Willis went 3-0 with three complete-game shutouts during the week. She allowed only eight hits and two walks in 21 innings, striking out 17. Willis lowered her ERA to a CC-leading 1.96 and ran her season-ending scoreless innings streak to 27. Willis threw a three-hitter against Alvernia before twirling three-hit and two-hit shutouts in Saturday's doubleheader sweep at Swarthmore, the Bears' first back-to-back shutouts in a CC twin bill since 2010.
Notebook:
Washington College freshman Maddie Bennett tossed a complete game 2-1 victory over visiting McDaniel in game two of a Centennial Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon to clinch the top seed and the right to host for the Shorewomen in the upcoming conference tournament. She struck out six and scattered five hits en route to picking up the victory as she improved to 8-1 in conference play and 8-0 in game two of CC doubleheaders.
Gettysburg sophomore Aileen Reilly picked up a pair of wins to help the Bullets clinch a spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. She opened the week with a complete-game victory in non-conference play against hard-hitting Susquehanna, allowing just three earned runs and striking out three. She started both ends of the regular-season finale against Haverford, picking up a victory in the opener after giving up no earned runs and striking out five. She allowed only two hits in five scoreless innings of the nightcap. For the week, Reilly posted a 1.17 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 18 innings.
Previous Weekly Award Winnners:
April 25, 2016
Maddie Bennett, Freshman, Washington College
Ellicott City, Md. / Mount Hebron
Bennett tossed Washington's first no-hitter in 10 years and the first seven-inning no-hitter in program history in the team's 5-0 win in Game 2 at Swarthmore on Thursday in a Centennial Conference doubleheader. She struck out seven Garnet and pitched to just two batters over the minumum en route to her complete game no-hitter. Bennett retired the final 15 Garnet batters of the game to complete the no-hit performance.
April 18, 2016
Isabel Schaefer, Sophomore, Franklin & Marshall
Radnor, Pa. / Radnor
Schaefer was 3-0 in the circle this week, two of her wins were against conference opponents Swarthmore and Haverford. She had a 0.37 ERA for the week, and allowed one walk and struck out eleven in 19 innings of work.
April 11, 2016
Hayley Peterson, Sophomore, Muhlenberg
Allentown, N.J. / Allentown
Peterson went 2-0 without allowing an earned run in complete-game efforts against Washington College and Haverford. She tossed a five-hitter in the first game of the Washington doubleheader and scattered seven hits while striking out five against Haverford for her first career shutout. Peterson held the two teams to a .222 batting average.
April 4, 2016
Kaitlyn Willis, Sophomore, Ursinus
Perryville, Md. / Perryville
Willis went the distance in Tuesday's 3-2 victory over Franklin & Marshall, surrendering only a pair of unearned runs in her seventh complete game of the season. The right-hander gave up five hits, struck out six, and walked one in improving to 5-3. Willis has allowed only three earned runs in 27.0 innings over her last four starts.
March 28, 2016
Madison Milaszewski, Freshman, Dickinson
Rutland, Mass. / Sutton
Milaszewski tossed a two-hit shutout on Saturday afternoon, recording 10 strikeouts and allowing just one walk in a 1-0 win at Ursinus. She added 14 more strikeouts on the week, going 2-1. The first-year posted an ERA of just 0.94, allowing just three earned runs in 22 innings for the week.
March 21, 2016
Fiona Johnson, Freshman, McDaniel
Derwood, Md. / Magruder
Johnson went 3-0 in the circle over her last five appearances in Florida. She pitched 29 innings, recording three complete-game victories. She posted a 1.21 ERA and struck out 14 while walking eight. Over her final three starts of the week, she allowed just one run.
March 14, 2016
Aileen Reilly, Sophomore, Gettysburg
Huntington Station, N.Y. / St. Anthony's
Reilly went 3-1 with a 0.28 ERA and 20 strikeouts over 25 innings during the team's spring trip to the Fastpitch Dreams Classic at Myrtle Beach. Reilly allowed only one earned run in four outings and held opponents to a .189 batting average. She allowed only three hits in a shutout of Hunter and her only loss came in extra innings against Lycoming, a game that saw her fan eight batters over 7.1 innings.
March 7, 2016
Katie Wenger, Sophomore, Franklin & Marshall
Upper Darby, Pa. / The Agnes Irwin School
Wenger tossed a no-hitter to lead the Diplomats to a 7-0 victory over Gallaudet. The sophomore recorded seven strikeouts and one walk in the first no-hitter by a Centennial Conference pitcher since 2014 and the first by a F&M pitcher since the Conference began in 1992.
February 29, 2016
Aileen Reilly
Huntington Station, N.Y. / St. Anthony's
Reilly went 3-1 with 18 strikeouts over 17.2 innings of work during Gettysburg's opening weekend. Reilly won her season debut after tossing a complete game and striking out four in a 4-2 win at Mary Washington. After suffering a loss in a relief appearance, the sophomore hurler bounced back with a pair of wins against Shenandoah, including a shutout with nine strikeouts in the opener.