Two GNAC Student-Athletes Collect ECAC Softball Weekly Honors

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DANBURY, Mass. — Saint Joseph's College of Maine senior Kim Jordan (Bangor, Maine) has been named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Softball Player of the Week, while Anna Maria College softball freshman outfielder Jacqueline Lapierre (Worcester, Mass.) has been tabbed the ECAC Rookie of the Week, as announced by the ECAC office on Tuesday evening.

Jordan hit .625 (5-8) with four runs, a double, a triple and two RBI in wins over Dominican and Wisconsin-Lutheran in the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Fort Myers, Florida on Sunday afternoon. She posted a .668 OBP and an even 1.000 slugging percentage in the Opening Day victories.

Through four games for the 3-1 Monks, Jordan is hitting .571 (8-14) with eight runs, three doubles, two triples and four RBI. She leads the team in runs, doubles, triples, total bases (15) and slugging (1.071) on the young season.

The softball weekly honor is a career-first for Jordan, a two-sport standout who served as a starting midfielder for the Monks' soccer program. She was also selected as the GNAC Women's Soccer Player of the Week acclaim on September 30th, 2013.

The two-time All-Conference honoree sports a .293 (108-369) career batting average with 94 runs, 25 doubles, nine triples, three home runs, 44 RBI and 23 stolen bases over 130 contests.

Saint Joseph's continues its southern swing with games versus Wooster (1:00 PM) and Geneva (3:00 PM) on Wednesday.

As for Lapierre, she becomes the first AMCAT softball player to earn ECAC weekly honors in over four years.

Lapierre led the team at the plate on the week, totaling seven hits, including two doubles, in 20 at-bats for a .350 batting average. The freshman outfielder batted-in two runs, scored four, and stole three bases on the week for Anna Maria. At the plate, she totaled a .409 on-base percentage and slugged a .450. She also posted a .947 fielding percentage, making just one error in 19 attempts.

She had her best performance at the plate in the AMCATS' 9-0 win against Regis, where she tallied a single and a double, drove in two runs, and scored one herself in four-at bats.

Earlier this week, Lapierre was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Rookie of the Week.

Joining Lapierre in this week's ECAC New England awards are Kim Jordan of Saint Joseph's (Maine), who was named the Player of the Week, and Clare Doolin of WPI, who was tabbed the pitcher of the week.

The AMCATS finished their trip to South Carolina with a 2-6 record. The team is scheduled to be idle until Saturday, March 21st, when they travel to the University of St. Joseph (Conn.) for a GNAC doubleheader slated to begin at 1:30 p.m. 

Information provided by Saint Joseph's and Anna Maria Athletics Communications.