Softball's Kaite Burawski And Madison D'Amato Earn Weekly ECC Awards
Helped The Purple Knights Post A 5-1 Record Last Week
West Babylon, N.Y.-University of Bridgeport junior Kaite Burawski (Hartley, Del.) has been named this week's East Coast Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week, and freshman Madison D'Amato (Warwick, R.I.) has earned this week's ECC Softball Rookie of the Week honor. Both were recognized for their outstanding play in contests that took place form April 25 through May 1, 2022. This is the sixth time in 2022 that Burawski has been honored as the ECC Pitcher of the Week, and it marks the third time D'Amato has received Rookie of the Week accolades.
Burawski went 3-1 last week with a 1.69 ERA in four starts. In 29 innings pitched last week, she struck out a whopping 47 batters and walked only eight to average 11.4 K's per seven innings. On the year, Kaite has a 22-6 record with a 1.75 ERA, and she has struck out 304 batters in 185.1 innings pitched. Two of her wins last week were shutouts to give her 10 shutouts so far in 2022.
D'Amato closed out her first regular season in a UB uniform in fine style hitting in all six games last week, as she posted a .529 batting average going 9-for-17 at the plate. She also posted a .765 slugging percentage and a .625 on-base percentage during the week. Last week, D'Amato also scored five runs to give her a total of 51 runs scored so far in 2022. She also drove in three runs, stole two bases drew six walks, and had two doubles and one triple in the six games on the week. So far this year, Madison is batting an impressive .421.
The University of Bridgeport softball team will open play in the 2022 ECC Championship Tournament at home this Wednesday, May 4 at 3:00 p.m., when second-seeded Purple Knights host the third-seed Molloy College Lions in Seaside Park.