Teams: Softball: Press Releases

Monday, April 6, 2009

TUFTS EARNS ANOTHER PITCHER OF THE WEEK AWARD WITH LAUREN GELMETTI HONORED

Lauren Gelmetti

MEDFORD -- Lauren Gelmetti (Westfield, NJ) became the second Tufts University softball hurler this season to be honored as the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Pitcher of the Week today. She is the third Jumbo to receive a weekly award from the conference office in three weeks this season.

Gelmetti, a senior lefty, won starts against Springfield, Bridgewater State College and Trinity College last week. She tossed two complete games and posted a 0.56 earned run average over 16 innings, holding opposing batters to six hits and a .118 batting average. She had 12 strikeouts during the week.

At home against Springfield on Tuesday (Mar. 31) she had to go just four innings for the win, an 11-1 mercy-rule victory for Tufts. She allowed just three hits, a run and a walk while striking out five. She was the benefactor of much offensive support again in a 14-0 win at Bridgewater State on Thurday (Apr. 2), though she didn't need it while allowing two hits and no runs in five innings. She capped the week by nearly throwing a no-hitter in a NESCAC East Division game at Trinity on Saturday. She got 26 outs before allowing a double, instead finishing with a one-hit shutout.

Gelmetti is ranked fifth in NESCAC this spring with a 1.39 earned run average in 50.1 innings, during which she's allowed just 36 hits. The team's career leader in winning percentage (36-7), she's extended the mark with a perfect 9-0 record so far this spring.

This is the second Pitcher of the Week honor that Gelmetti has won in her Tufts career. She was also selected on May 5 of this season. Earlier this year, sophomore pitcher Izzie Santone (Madison, CT) and senior RF/3B Maya Ripecky (Chicago, IL) were recognized by NESCAC as the Pitcher and Player of the Week on March 23.

►NESCAC Softball Weekly Release

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