2018 GNAC Softball News
The four annual nominees are JWU's Raquel Pederzani, Lasell’s Taylor Falco, Saint Joseph’s of Maine’s Elyse Caiazzo, and Regis' Brittany Stone.
A total of 1,008 student-athletes have been named to the 2017-18 GNAC Academic All-Conference Team, achieving a 3.25 cumulative GPA and having reached second-year academic status.
Two GNAC student-athletes have earned CoSIDA All-America status, as Katie Rufo earned First Team honors and Taylor Holmes earned Third Team accolades.
Headlined by three All-Northeast First Team selections in JWU's Jennifer Corona and Tiffani Semanchik and Suffolk's Delaney Sylvester, a dozen GNAC players were recognized by the NFCA on Wednesday.
Moravian starting pitcher Josie Novak allowed two hits and no walks to go with a school-record 17 strikeouts, including 11 of the 13 batters she faced on Sunday after the game resumed from Saturday.
Wildcats right-hander Jennifer Corona allowed just one run on five hits in a complet-game victory over The College of New Jersey as NCAA Softball Tournament play opened on Friday.
JWU softball senior Katie Rufo, Suffolk softball senior Taylor Holmes, Suffolk baseball senior Brady Chant, and SJC baseball junior Jared Gagne all garnered CoSIDA All-District honors, as announced on Thursday.
Suffolk senior catcher Delaney Sylvester and Suffolk freshman pitcher/utility Payton Sylvester have both collected major seasonal awards as the GNAC announced its Softball All-Conference Teams on Tuesday.
The Wildcats won all three games it competed in during the 2018 GNAC Tournament, capturing its fourth conference trophy in as many years to earn an NCAA Regional automatic berth.
Three-time defending GNAC champion JWU is one win away from another GNAC title and NCAA Tournament berth, while Suffolk and Emmanuel square off in an elimination game on Sunday (10:00 AM) in East Boston.
With the top seeds receiving byes, no lower seed was able to win twice on Thursday afternoon as the GNAC Softball Tournament continued. Elimination games are set for 10AM and 12:30PM in East Boston on Saturday.
Fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus scored twice in the fifth and three times in the sixth to down Lasell, 6-5, while Emmanuel topped USH on the road, 5-2, to withstand the GNAC Softball single-elimination first round.
Suffolk has earned the top seed in the 2018 GNAC Tournament, which gets underway Wednesday with a do-or-die first round. Suffolk and JWU will host two games each on Thursday as the double-elimination portion begins.
JWU's Kristin Frost and Suffolk's Payton Sylvester nabbed the final weekly awards of the season.
A strong week all-around in the GNAC featured honorees from Emmanuel, Johnson & Wales, and Suffolk.
Suffolk Softball swept the weekly awards for the first time this season.
