Teams: Softball: Press Releases

Monday, April 20, 2009

GELMETTI WINS SECOND NESCAC PITCHER AWARD OF THE SEASON

MEDFORD -- For the second time in three weeks, Tufts University softball senior Lauren Gelmetti (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference's (NESCAC) Pitcher of the Week. She was previously honored on April 6.

Gelmetti pitched three times for Tufts last week, helping Coach Cheryl Milligan's team remain undefeated for the year at 32-0 by earning two victories and a save. In 12.2 innings, she did not allow a run and gave up just four hits, all singles. She struck out 16 and walked just three while holding opponents to a .091 batting average for the week.

In her first performance of the week, Gelmetti went four innings in an 8-0 five-inning win at Babson on Wednesday. She gave up just one hit and a walk while striking out eight of the 15 batters that she faced. At Bowdoin on Friday in the beginning of a NESCAC East Division series, Gelmetti tossed a seven-inning two-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking two. In the second game of a double-header at Bowdoin on Saturday afternoon, she came into a 6-3 game with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth and got the next two outs to end the Polar Bear threat. Tufts finished 12-0 in the division.

With those three appearances, Gelmetti improved to 13-0 with a 1.21 earned run average in 75 innings this spring. Her .191 batting average against for the season is second-best in the conference.

Tufts has now won three of the five NESCAC Pitcher of the Week honors this season. Sophomore Izzie Santone (Madison, CT/Daniel Hand) was recognized on March 23. Together, Gelmetti and Santone are 28-0 with 96 strike outs and a 1.15 earned run average in 165 innings pitched.

►NESCAC Softball Weekly Release

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