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GNAC Softball Report: Week 8

Natalie Amato amassed 33 strikeouts in three starts for USJ last week.

GNAC Softball Report: Week 8
April 25, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 18 - 24

CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ivy Geloso, Albertus Magnus (Sr., UTL - Beacon Falls, Conn.) - Geloso was outstanding as the Falcons went 4-0 last week, going 8-for-12 (.667) at the plate with seven RBI, four runs scored, four doubles, and a triple. The senior utility player recorded a slash line of .667/.662/1.167 over her four contests for a 1.859 OPS, with the highlight of Geloso's week coming against Rivier on Sunday, when she went 3-for-3 from the leadoff spot to tally three RBI, a run scores, and a double in game two. 
 

CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Olivia Conti, Emmanuel (Mass.) (So., SS - Cranston, R.I.) - Conti hit safely in all six games during a 6-0 week for the Saints, batting .588 to go along with a .636 OBP and .941 slugging percentage. The shortstop collected three multi-hit games including a 2-for-4 game vs. Suffolk with her team-leading eighth home run of the year while also registering a 3-for-3 performance vs. Dean in which she had a pair of doubles, scored three runs, stole two bases and had an RBI. Conti ended the week with 10 hits, eight runs scored, seven stolen bases, five RBI, four walks, four extra base hits and also posted a 1.000 fielding percentage at shortstop over 19 chances. 

CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Natalie Amato, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Sr., P - Cheshire, Conn.) - Amato amassed 33 strikeouts in three starts, including a career-high 13 in five innings on Senior Day Sunday in an 8-0 triumph over Norwich in game one. She also struck out 10 batters in just four innings against Anna Maria last Monday and collected 10 strikeouts during a complete game victory over Regis Saturday.
 

CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Maddie Castigliego, Simmons (Sr., P - Bristol, R.I.) - Castigliego posted a 6-0 record with a 1.97 ERA and 34 strikeouts in the circle to lead the Sharks to a perfect 6-0 mark on the week. Late in the week against Lasell and St. Joseph's College of Maine, the Rhode Island native retired seven opposing batters by way of the K in three-straight games - including fanning seven Lasers while walking zero in a 10-1 game two win on Saturday. Castigliego helped her own cause at the plate, posting a .556 batting average (10-18) with a triple, two homeruns and 10 RBI, while tallying a 1.524 OPS (.524 OBP, 1,000 SLG).

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Kate McGrath, Regis (Mass.) (Fy., P - Boston, Mass.) - McGrath pitched three complete games and went 2-1 with a 0.70 ERA over the past week. She earned the victory over Lasell last Wednesday, allowing just three hits and one unearned run whie striking out a season-high 10 batters. She pitched the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at USJ, giving up just two hits, two walks, and two runs while striking out four batters. She earned the victory over JWU Sunday, allowing just four hits and two unearned runs with three strikeouts. 

GNAC HONOR ROLL
 
Sari Albury, Dean (Jr., P/INF - Nassau, Bahamas) - Albury hit .417 in a 2-4 week for the Bulldogs. The junior slugger belted four home runs, knocked in seven, scored four and drew seven walks. In the last three games of the week, Albury hit four home runs and guided the team to a sweep at Lasell. In the two wins over the Lasers, all three of her hits went over the fence to go along with three runs, six RBIs, and six walks (including a bases loaded intentional pass). 
 
Josie Cammarata, Elms (So., INF - Wolcott, Conn.) - Cammarata batted .611 (11-for-18) with a double, a home run, and six runs batted in. She went 4-for-5 with four runs scored during the Blazers' sweep over Fisher.
 
Tianna Dawe, Emmanuel (Mass.) (Jr., P - Peabody, Mass.) - Dawe put together another 4-0 week in the circle for Emmanuel that saw the junior work 17.0 innings while posting a gaudy 0.82 ERA with 22 strikeouts. Dawe opened with a complete game performance in a 9-1 victory over Suffolk, striking out nine before posting a pair of wins on Saturday vs. Dean including a scoreless relief performance in which she allowed just one hit over the final three frames in a 5-4 come-from-behind win for the Saints.
 
Erin Dighello, Albertus Magnus (Sr., P - Wallingford, Conn.) - Dighello recorded another strong performance in the pitching circle this week for the Falcons, as she went 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA and eight strikeouts in 11.0 innings. In her two starts, Dighello threw one complete-game, while also earning her fourth shutout of the season in Sunday's 1-0 win over Rivier. 
 
Frankie Ferrante, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Sr., INF - Southington, Conn.) - Ferrante helped power the Blue Jays to a 7-1 week, including a perfect 6-0 record against GNAC opponents. The senior slugger registered a slash line of .440/.500/.680 on the week, reached base safely in all eight games, and recorded a hit in seven of the eight contests with four multi-hit games. The Southington product had four extra base hits on the week with three doubles and a home run. She drove in eight runs and scored six runs.
 
Lydia Goodnough, Saint Joseph's (Me.) (So., OF - Kennebunkport, Maine) - Goodnough hit .412 (7-17) with four runs, a double, triple, home run, eight RBI and two stolen bases in a 3-3 week for the Monks. The sophomore centerfielder was 5-for-8 with four RBI in a sweep over Anna Maria and was a double shy of hitting for the cycle in the nightcap versus the AMCATS on Saturday.
  
 
 
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
8

Ivy Geloso, AMC (3) & Olivia Conti, EMM

 Natalie Amato, USJ & Maddie Castigliego, SIM (5) Kate McGrath, REG

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