__________________________________________________________________________ May 3, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Allegheny senior Shawn Gledhill (Erie Pa/McDowell) was 3-4 with two runs scored in the NCAC Tournament championship game and garnered tournament most valuable player honors by going 7-14 with six runs scored and homerun in the Gators' four games. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Ohio Wesleyan freshman right-hander Claire Martin (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson) was 3-0 with a 2.36 ERA in the NCAC tournament. She threw 26.2 innings, striking out 17 while allowing 28 hits and just nine earned runs. __________________________________________________________________________ April 26, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Kenyon freshman Sarah Schoenhoft (Fairfield, OH/Ursuline) hit the gamewinning home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against Wooster to lead Kenyon to the conference tourney. Overall, she was a combined 5-for-11 at the plate with two runs and two RBI. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Ohio Wesleyan freshman right-hander Claire Martin (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson) threw a two-hitter to lead the Bishops to a 4-1 win over Denison, then followed with a three-hit shutout against Hiram to hand OWU two of their four NCAC wins last week, and a share of the Bishops' first NCAC championship. For the week, Martin allowed five hits and one run (none earned) while walking one and striking out six in 14 innings of work. __________________________________________________________________________ April 19, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Wooster sophomore Natalie Barone (Akron, OH/St. Thomas Aquinas) was 10-for- 22 (.455) with six runs scored, two doubles, a triple, and 10 RBI. She also had three stolen bases on the week. Against Oberlin, she tied a single-game school record with four hits in the opener (4-for-5 with a double, a triple, and six RBI), and then added a game-high three hits in the nightcap as well as three more RBI. Barone had a hit in each of the first three games of the weekend doubleheaders and drove in the Scots' only run of the loss to Denison. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Allegheny sophomore Giannina Coccaro (Miami, FL/Palmetto) did not allow an earned run and struck out 25 batters in 20-2/3 innings of work last week. She went 2-1, allowing just 11 hits and only four walks. Coccaro had two shutouts and now has three on the season. Opponents hit .155 off of her and are hitting .164 on the season. Coccaro leads the conference with 0.39 earned run average. __________________________________________________________________________ April 12, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ohio Wesleyan sophomore Tiffany Stinemetz (Marysville, OH/North Union) went 7-12 (.583) last week with seven runs, 10 RBI, three doubles and two triples. She had a slugging percentage of 1.167. Her two triples came in game two against Oberlin, tying an OWU record. She drove in the go-ahead run in the Battling Bishops 3-0 win over Wooster in game one of a doubleheader. She also broke open the second game of the twinbill with a bases-loaded double. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Wittenberg junior Norah Gillam (Canfield, OH/Canfield) won two games last week. She allowed 11 hits, two runs (none earned), four walks and fanned nine batters in 14 innings of work. Gillam is fifth in the NCAC with 47 strikeouts. __________________________________________________________________________ April 5, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Hiram junior Monica Hayden (West Farmington, OH/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) was five-for-eight (.625) with three runs scored in the two games at Denison. She had a double, a triple and was a perfect three-for-three in the game two loss. PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Allegheny sophomore Giannina Coccaro (Miami, FL/Palmetto) registered a 0.93 earned run average last week despite a 1-2 record. She threw 22.2 innings, striking out 22 while walking just four. Opponents managed just 13 hits off of her for a .163 average. Coccaro took tough losses in both of the Gators' extra-inning games last week while garnering a win in relief against Ohio Wesleyan. She struck out five and did not allow a hit in four innings of work for the win. She leads the NCAC with a 0.57 ERA. __________________________________________________________________________ March 29, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK With Ohio Wesleyan trailing, 7-6, in the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap against Ohio Northern, sophomore second baseman Linsey Longstreth (Akron, OH/Archbishop Hoban) drilled a triple to left center and scored on a single by sophomore third baseman Amy Mazur, tying the game at 7-7, and sending the game into extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, with two on, two out and the Bishops trailing, 10-9, Longstreth drove a ball to the fence in right center to score junior catcher Janelle Dangler with the tying run and freshman first baseman Kelly Zampino with the winning run.Longstreth went 4-for-6 in the nightcap, including two triples and a double. Her four hits and nine total bases set school records, and the nine total bases tied the NCAC record set by Wooster's Lindsay Vargo in 2001. Longstreth's two triples tied the school record she set earlier this season season against Coast Guard. For the week, Longstreth was 9-for-20 with four runs, three doubles and two triples. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Ohio Wesleyan freshman right-hander Claire Martin (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson) pitched two shutouts last week: a three-hitter against Ohio Northern and a three-hitter against Thomas More. Martin struck out three batters and walked two in the 2-0 win over ONU and fanned seven and walked one in their 1-0 win over Thomas More. __________________________________________________________________________ March 22, 2004 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Kenyon junior Dana Halicki (North Royalton, OH/Padua) went 11-for-25 to post a .440 batting average over eight games during the Ladies' spring trip. She scored nine runs and also had six RBI. PITCHER OF THE WEEK Wooster sophomore Natalie Barone (Akron, OH/St. Thomas Aquinas) tossed shutouts in both of her games (Worcester State -- 8-0, Framingham State -- 4-0) last week in Florida, extending her school-record consecutive scoreless innings streak to 23 innings. In last week's two starts, Barone yielded just five hits and walked two, while striking out 13 in 13.0 innings (the Worcester State game was "run-ruled" in the sixth). She also recorded hits in four of the five games last week, going 6-for-13 (.462) with two walks, six runs scored, a double, and one RBI, as well as one sacrafice bunt and two steals. Additionally, she did not make an error in 13 chances. __________________________________________________________________________