Abigail Benesh From UB Women's Lacrosse And Softball's Kamryn Beach Earn Weekly ECC Awards
Benesh Named ECC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week And Beach Selected As ECC Softball Rookie of the Week
Central Islip, N.Y.-Sophomore Abigail Benesh (Horseheads, N.Y,) from the University of Bridgeport women's lacrosse team, and softball's Kamryn Beach (Fr., Tampa, Fla.) have been selected to receive East Coast Conference awards this week for their outstanding play in game from April 11 through 17, 2016. Benesh has been named as the ECC's Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week, and Beach earned ECC Softball Rookie of the Week Honors.
Benesh, who leads UB in scoring with 45 points on 31 goals and 14 assists so far in 2016, had a fine week to help her team go 1-1 as she scored nine goals and had two assists for 11 points. She also added eight ground balls and three draw controls on the week.
Beach went 14-for-35 at the plate last week to post an impressive .424 batting average in 10 games. Kamryn also drove in eight runs on the week including a walk-off single versus Queens on Wednesday. In those ten games, she scored five runs, and also smashed two doubles and one triple as she complied a .545 slugging percentage with a .457 on-base percentage.