Two Purple Knights Earn 2016 All-ECC Softball Honors
Senior Kaila Crandall Selected First Team All-Conference And Freshman Jenna DiLorenzo Named Second Team All-ECC
Central Islip, N.Y.-Two members of the University of Bridgeport softball team have been selected as member of the 2016 All-East Coast Conference Teams in a vote of league coaches that was released on Thursday at this season's ECC Softball Championship Tournament being hosted at NYIT.
Senior, outfielder Kaila Crandall (Little Rock, Calif.) earned First Team All-East Coast Conference honors, and freshman, outfielder Jenna DiLorenzo (Woodbridge, Conn.) was named Second Team All-ECC. Both players helped the University of Bridgeport softball program to its first appearance in the East Coast Conference Softball Championship Tournament since 2008 this year.
Entering this weekend's ECC Championship, Crandall was batting .298 with two home runs and 13 runs batted in. She leads UB in hits with 48, in triples with four and stolen bases with six so far in 2016.
DiLorenzo is hitting .299 with two home runs and 16 run batted in so far during her first season in the Park City.
2016 All-East Coast Conference Softball Teams
First Team
C - Julie Seader, LIU Post
1B - Kat Zabielski, NYIT
2B - Tori Duquette, NYIT
3B - Arianna La Puma, Dowling
SS - Brianna Dalton, Molloy
OF - Kaila Crandall, Bridgeport
OF - Morgan Lloyd, Mercy
OF - Christina Pantages, NYIT
DP - Milan Botte, Molloy
U - Amber Butenhoff, NYIT
U-P - Tracey Balinskas, Molloy
P - Laura McLaughlin, NYIT
P - Hanna Olshevski, LIU Post
Second Team
C - Madison Smith, NYIT
1B - Gianna Gatto, Dowling
2B - Kayla McCoy, LIU Post
3B - Maria Palmeri, LIU Post
SS - Tiffany McCracken, NYIT
OF - Olivia Banulski, Molloy
OF - Jenna DiLorenzo, Bridgeport
OF - Crystal Tarango, Dowling
DP - Paige Swantek, LIU Post
U - Kristen Boody, Queens
U-P - ToniMarie Valeriano, Queens
P - Chelsea Hawks, Molloy
P - Ashley Martin, LIU Post
Player of the Year - Kat Zabielski, NYIT
Pitcher of the Year - Hannah Olshevski, LIU Post
Rookie of the Year - Julie Seader, LIU Post
Coach of the Year - Steve Christianson, NYIT