Le Moyne’s Sarah Reed Named
Northeast-10
Softball Player of the Year
- Bryant’s Enos Selected Pitcher of the Year;
Assumption’s Palumbo Received Freshman of the Year
Honors; Bentley’s DeGregorio Voted Coach of the Year
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
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South Easton, Mass. – Le Moyne College’s
Sarah Reed (DeWitt, N.Y.) has been named
the 2008 Northeast-10 Softball Player of the Year as voted by the
conference’s 15 coaches.
Reed helped lead Le Moyne to the team’s fifth Northeast-10
regular season title in six years. She currently leads the
conference in a number of offensive categories including batting
average (.476), slugging percentage (.780), runs (51), hits (80),
runs batted in (53) and doubles (24). Reed is ranked 18th
nationally among Division II batting average leaders. The former
freshman of the year is also among the conference leaders in the
circle with a 13-2 record and an earned run average of 2.10. In
addition, Reed was named to the All Northeast-10 First-Team for the
second time in her collegiate career (2006, 2008).
Bryant University senior pitcher Janine Enos (Wareham,
Mass.) was selected the 2008 Northeast-10 Pitcher of
the Year. Enos leads the conference in earned run average (1.22)
and wins (15). She is ranked nationally among the Division II
pitchers in ERA. Enos has held opposing hitters to a .191 average
and has struck out 121 batters, both good for third best in the
Northeast-10. A two-time All Northeast-10 selection (2nd Team
–2006, 3rd Team –2007), Enos was selected to the All
Northeast-10 First-Team for the first time in her collegiate
career.
Assumption College’s Marissa Palumbo (Worcester,
Mass.) received 2008 Northeast-10 Freshman of the
Year honors. Palumbo ranks among the conference leaders in batting
average (.410), on-base percentage (.469) and hits (48). She has
driven in 15 runs and has scored 16 times this year. In addition,
Palumbo was selected to the All Northeast-10 First-Team.
Bentley College’s Michele
DeGregorio was voted the 2008 Northeast-10 Coach of
the Year. After winning only two games all of last season, the
Falcons, under the guidance of DeGregorio amassed 20 wins for the
second time in program history. This marks the second time in her
career that she has won the award. DeGregorio received coach of the
year honors while coaching Merrimack College in 1993.
Sponsoring 23 championship sports and 15 full-time members, the
Northeast-10 is the second largest NCAA Division II athletic
conference in the nation and sponsors the most championships of any
Division II conference.
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2008 Northeast-10 Softball All Conference Selections
First-Team
Janine Enos, Bryant
Jenna Vanacore, Le Moyne
Amanda Morano, Saint Rose
Emma Murphy, Le Moyne
Bailey Phillips, Le Moyne
Tara DeMontier, American International
Alex Hitchcock, Bentley
Marissa Palumbo, Assumption
Stacey Lajoie, UMass Lowell
Sarah Reed, Le Moyne
Laurie Tanguay, UMass Lowell
Courtney Young, Stonehill
Second-Team
Tracy Chesebrough, Saint Rose
Kiryl Shada, Pace
Amanda Monge, Assumption
Megan O'Connor, Saint Michael's
Emily Griffin, Franklin Pierce
Caitlin O'Neil, Le Moyne
Kelly Schweikert, Le Moyne
Jaime Ippolito, Stonehill
Christina Pane, Pace
Danielle VanGorder, Le Moyne
Jennifer Farrelly, Le Moyne
Third-Team
Kristen Calahan, Saint Rose
Jessice Dempsey, Southern Connecticut
Julie Brodie, UMass Lowell
Jachael Guanci, UMass Lowell
Christine D'Amico, Bentley
Megan Caporossi, Southern Connecticut
Jill Richards, Merrimack
Karissa Bettencourt, Southern New Hampshire
Briana Kneeland, Bentley
Kate Thomas, Bryant
Megan Lemire, Saint Anselm
