NTC SPRING GAMES
Sunday, March 3-Thursday, March 7
National Training Center – Clermont, Fla.
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WATERBURY, Conn. – After a third-place finish in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament last season, the Post University softball team looks to build on that success in the 2013 campaign. The Eagles kick the season off in Clermont, Fla. at the National Training Center (NTC) Spring Games. The 10-game trip begins with a doubleheader on Sunday, March 3 against Assumption.
“We are excited to get things going and look forward to competing every day,” said head coach
Tracey Garofalo, “We have a great group of young women that not only work hard on the field but in the classroom as well.”
Team Outlook:
Post returns 2012 First Team All-CACC performer senior
Lianna May (King Ferry, N.Y.). May led the team and was sixth in the conference with a .401 batting average. She totaled 69 hits, including nine doubles, and a team-high 39 runs scored last season. May rides a 19-game hit streak in CACC games into 2013. Junior
Stephanie DeMartino (Staten Island, N.Y.) also returns. She led the Eagles with 40 runs batted in and 16 doubles. Junior
Christina Udris (Levittown, Pa.) looks to lead the team in home runs for third consecutive season. She was 10
th in the CACC with six long balls last year.
Senior
Ashley Cummings (Stafford, Va.) was 11-13 on the mound last season. She led the Eagles and was fourth in the conference with 104 strikeouts. Cummings had a 3.52 earned run average and recorded one shutout in 2012. Senior
Johanna Rice (Glendale, N.Y.) threw 134.0 innings and struck out 62 batters.
Scouting The Field:
Post begins the season against Assumption. The Greyhounds won the 2012 Northeast-10 (NE-10) Championship before falling in the NCAA East Regional. They return two All-NE10 performers in Jess DiPilato and Melissa Jalbert. The lone ranked team the Eagles will play in the NTC Spring Games is West Virginia Wesleyan. The Bobcats head into the week ranked 17
th in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Poll. Southern New Hampshire was picked second in the NE-10 Preseason Poll. The Penmen are led by First Team All-NE10 honoree Kelsea Cheney. The Eagles also play Cedarville, Findlay, Saint Anselm, Stonehill, Wayne State, and Fort Hays State at the event.
Preseason Prognostications:
The Eagles were selected to finish sixth in the CACC Preseason Poll announced on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Post garnered 128 points in the poll voted upon by the 14 CACC head softball coaches. Three-time defending conference champion, Dominican, was picked as the preseason favorite with 190 points including 10 first-place votes. Caldwell was selected second with 184 points and three first-place votes.
