ASTON, PA. -- Freshman
Ashley Lamont (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) was named the 2013 Softball CSAC Rookie of the Year highlighting Gwynedd-Mercy in the season-ending awards.
Lamont, along with junior
Stephanie Farrar (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) and freshmen
Kelsey McDonough (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) and
Ave Bolli (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) were all named all conference.
Senior
Kelsey Craig (Boothwyn, Pa./Chichester) was selected to the CSAC All-Sportsmanship Team.
Lamont, who had impressive numbers on the mound and at the plate, earned first-team honors at pitcher and second-team accolades at designated player. She is 13-5 in 21 appearances and 15 starts, with 15 complete games and four shutouts. She is also 11-2 in conference games. In 114 innings of work, she has a 2.70 ERA with 86 strikeouts and just 18 walks. Opponents are batting. 273 against her on 128 hits and 44 earned runs. She picked up three of her wins in relief. Lamont struck out a season-high 10 in a 7-3 win over Notre Dame. Lamont would fan eight in all eight innings of a 4-3 win in extras.
Offensively she leads the team and is among the league leaders in batting average (.457) and RBIs (32). She has 15 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games. Her best day came against Cedar Crest in game two, going 4-for-4 with seven RBIs, four runs scored and two home runs.
Centerfielder Farrar earned her third-straight all-conference honor and second first-team accolade. She is currently batting .417 with 33 runs, five home runs, five doubles, three triples, and 25 RBIs, playing in all 32 games. Her total hits (38) and runs are a career high.
McDonough, a firstbaseman, is enjoying a stellar rookie season, batting .385 with 21 runs, 23 RBI's, and tied for the team lead with Lamont with 14 extra base hits (eight doubles, four triples, and two homers).
Bolli started all 32 games at second base and boasts a .937 fielding percentage. Offensively, she is batting .229, but has the third most walks (12). Half of her 12 hits this season are for extra bases.
The Griffins (18-14, 16-6 CSAC) have earned the #4 playoff seed and will host #5 Marywood here on Wednesday in a CSAC Tournament Play-in game starting at 4 p.m.
CSAC Rookie of the Year: Ashley Lamont, Gwynedd-Mercy
CSAC Player of the Year: Holly Schell, Immaculata
CSAC Coach of the Year: Bill Saar, Neumann
2013 All-CSAC First Team
|
Pos |
Name |
Yr |
School |
|
P |
Ashley Lamont |
Fr |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
P |
Meagan Fitzgerald |
Jr |
Immaculata |
|
C |
Cara Montferrat |
Sr |
Centenary |
|
1B |
Kelsey McDonough |
Fr |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
2B |
Becca Reinhart |
So |
Neumann |
|
3B |
Callie Emel |
Sr |
Neumann |
|
SS |
Holly Schell |
Sr |
Immaculata |
|
OF |
Allie White |
So |
Neumann |
|
OF |
Stephanie Farrar |
Jr |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
OF |
Lindsey Atzert |
Sr |
Cabrini |
|
DH |
Mariah Ripkin |
Sr |
Neumann |
|
UTL |
Roxanne Keelan |
Sr |
Centenary |
2013 All-CSAC Second Team
|
Pos |
Name |
Yr |
School |
|
P |
Lauren Wilkie |
Fr |
Neumann |
|
P |
Nicole Curcione |
Sr |
Immaculata |
|
C |
Samantha Hartman |
Sr |
Keystone |
|
1B |
Danielle Grayson |
Fr |
Neumann |
|
2B |
Sara Schraden |
So |
Keystone |
|
3B |
Mariah Runco |
So |
Marywood |
|
SS |
Kaitlyn Cooper |
Fr |
Cabini |
|
OF |
Crystal Perlman |
Sr |
Neumann |
|
OF |
Mindy Daugherty |
Sr |
Notre Dame |
|
OF |
Meghin Palmer |
Sr |
Marywood |
|
DH |
Ashley Lamont |
Fr |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
UTL |
Karin Mowry |
Sr |
Baptist Bible |
2013 All-CSAC Honorable Mention
|
Pos |
Name |
Yr |
School |
|
P |
Katherine King |
So |
Marywood |
|
P |
Allyson Parris |
So |
Neumann |
|
C |
Sam Rayhon |
Jr |
Marywood |
|
1B |
Kaitlyn Sawicki |
So |
Keystone |
|
2B |
Ave Bolli |
Fr |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
3B |
Jenny Barnholt |
Jr |
Immaculata |
|
SS |
Gianna Pedone |
So |
Rosemont |
|
OF |
Diana Butash |
So |
Marywood |
|
OF |
Katie Marro |
Fr |
Keystone |
|
OF |
Samantha Strickland |
So |
Immaculata |
CSAC All-Sportsmanship Team
|
Name |
School |
|
Rachel Deman |
Baptist Bible |
|
Lindsey Atzert |
Cabrini |
|
Brigid Shehan |
Cairn |
|
Alyson Mason |
Cedar Crest |
|
Katie Ciewisz |
Centenary |
|
Kelsey Craig |
Gwynedd-Mercy |
|
Holly Schell |
Immaculata |
|
Kaitlyn Sawicki |
Keystone |
|
Alexanda Stine |
Marywood |
|
Mariah Ripkin |
Neumann |
|
Zainab Raza |
Notre Dame (MD) |
|
Jessie Versage |
Rosemont |
