Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Great Northeast Athletic Conference

GNAC Softball Report: Week 7

Emmanuel's Tianna Dawe posted a 4-0 record in the circle to go along with a 1.91 ERA over 22 innings of work, adding a save and 26 strikeouts (8.27 K/7) to her week.

GNAC Softball Report: Week 7
April 18, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 11 - 17

CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ivy Geloso, Albertus Magnus (Sr., UTL - Beacon Falls, Conn.) - Geloso recorded yet another impressive week for the Falcons as the utility player went 8-for-12 (.667) at the plate with eight RBI, eight runs scored, two home runs, one triple, two doubles, and a stolen base. Geloso finished the week with a slash line of .667/.733/1.500 over four contests, with the highlight of the week coming against Lasell in game one when she went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two home runs, and four RBIs. 
 

CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Grace Orcutt, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Sr, P/1B - Lexington, Mass.) - Orcutt hit safely in all six games during a 6-0 week for the Saints by batting .588 (10-for-17) to go along with a .667 OBP. The senior registered four multi-hit games, capping the week with a standout 2-for-3 performance with two RBI in EC's 8-0 win over Saint Joseph's of Maine amidst a sweep. Orcutt scored four runs, drove in three, drew a pair of walks while posting a 1.000 fielding percentage on 42 chances.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Tianna Dawe, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Jr, P - Peabody, Mass.) - Dawe posted a 4-0 record in the circle to go along with a 1.91 ERA over 22 innings of work, adding a save and 26 strikeouts (8.27 K/7) to the stat sheet. The junior registered wins in all three starts on the week over Simmons, UMass Boston and Saint Joseph's (ME) and added another victory over the Beacons tossing 3.2 scoreless innings of relief. Dawe notched a save in Game 2 over Simmons throwing a perfect inning and a third to close the door on an 8-6 GNAC North win to account for a 0.00 ERA as a relief pitcher over 5.0 innings of action on the week.
 

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Mackenzie Clee, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Fy., P - Warminster, Pa.) - Clee pitched in two games this week, earning a pair of victories without allowing a run in 12 innings pitched. She pitched a complete game shutout against Wheaton before pitching one inning an 11-3 win against Suffolk. Clee pitched four innings in a GNAC contest against USJ, scattering four hits and striking out four batters. She finished with a 0.00 ERA over 12 innings pitched, striking out nine batters and earning two victories. Clee was also effective at the plate, finsihg the week with a 350 batting average, a .409 on base percentage, and a .650 slugging percentage. Clee went 7-for-20 with four doubles, three RBIs, and one stolen base. 
 
GNAC HONOR ROLL
 
Erin Dighello, Albertus Magnus (Sr., P - Wallingford, Conn.) - Dighello posted a 2-0 record with a 0.58 ERA and 10 strikeouts in the circle to help lead the Falcons to a 4-0 week and keep their winning streak alive with 20. In the Falcons? 3-1 win against Elms, Dighello tied her season-high in strikeouts with eight as well as held the Blazers to just one earned run over 7.0 inning pitched. In her second start of the week, the right-hander tossed 5.0 innings with no walks and two strikeouts in the Falcons' 12-1 win over Lasell. 
 
Madison Marks, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Fr, P/1B - Edgewater Park, N.J.) - Marks helped the Saints to a 6-0 record by batting .462 with a 1.000 slugging percentage, adding nine RBI and three runs scored for EC. The first-year had a monster game in the Saints' 8-6 win over Simmons, belting two home runs and driving in four in the win. The New Jersey native drove in a pair of runs in back-to-back wins over UMass Boston and Saint Joseph's (ME) and closed out the week with a 2-for-4 showing with a double and two RBI in Game 2 of a GNAC sweep over the Monks.
  
Katie Hopkins, Lasell (Sophomore, Third Baseman/Infielder - Garden City Park, N.Y.) - Hopkins posted a 1.231 OPS in four games, launching two homers and hitting .385 last week. 
 
Ciara Collins, Regis (Mass.) (Jr., OF - Lynn, Mass.) - Collins was one of the leaders of the Regis offense throughout the week as the Pride went 3-1. She put together her first career multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 effort in the first game against Lesley, including a double, plus she drove in three runs. During Thursday's GNAC doubleheader against Dean, she went 5-for-6 with a double, a run scored, and four runs batted in. On her second at bat of the fifth inning in game one, her two-run single brought about the run rule that ended the game.
 
Frankie Ferrante, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Sr., INF - Southington, Conn.) - Slashed 294/333/647 in a six-game week for USJ.
 
Olivia Howe, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Junior, IF - Arundel, Maine) - Howe hit .538 (7-13) with three runs and three RBI in a 2-2 GNAC week for the Monks. 
 
Sam Barr, Simmons (Fy., 1B - Harwich, Mass.) - Posting a .500 batting average (6-12) with two doubles, two homeruns and nine RBI, first-year Barr helped guide the Sharks to a 2-2 week. Early in the week, Barr slugged a fourth homerun of the season against defending conference champion Emmanuel, going 2-for-3 with a homerun and two RBI against the Saints. Late in the week, she registered a career single-game best going a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate, where she slugged her fifth homerun of the season and drove in a career single-game high five base runners in a convincing 18-3 win over Dean.
 
Allie Mulhern, Simmons (Senior, SS - Westford, Mass.) - Hitting .563 (9-14) with a staggering 1.276 OPS  (.588 OBP, .688 SLG%), the senior shortstop helped the Sharks to a a 2-2 week. Late in the week in a 9-2 game one victory over Dean , Mulhern surpassed her career single-game high going 4-for-4 at the plate and successfully stole three bases. In game two of the twin-bill, Mulhern went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI to end her hitting streak to 12 games. Currently leading the conference in stolen bases (20), she was a perfect six-for-six on the basepaths this past week and has successfully stolen at least one base in the last six games for the Sharks. 
 
GNAC WEEKLY ARCHIVE
WEEK PLAYER PITCHER

ROOKIE
1 Shannon McMahon, SIM Maddie Castigliego, SIM -----
2 Kaelani Gamble, JWU Annika Beebe, NOR Skylar Arent, AMC
3 Eden Forget, ANM Maddie Castigliego, SIM (2) Caroline Amorelli, JWU
4 Ivy Geloso, AMC Erin Dighello, AMC  Skylar Arent, AMC (2)
5 Allie Mulhern, SIM Maddie Castigliego, SIM (3) Sarah Frazier, RIV
6 Jill Pulek, JWU Maddie Castigliego, SIM (4) Jordyn Rubin, SIM
7

 Ivy Geloso, AMC &
G. Orcutt, EMM

 Tianna Dawe, EMM   Mackenzie Clee, JWU

The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Founded in 1995, the GNAC annually sponsors and administers 22 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunity and community involvement in an effort to enhance the student-athlete experience. 

– #TheGNAC –