United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Softball

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/19/10)--Coast Guard won its second straight New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular season championship and swept the weekly honors as junior catcher Amanda Frederick was named Player of the Week and sophomore Hayley Feindel earned Pitcher of the Week honors.

Frederick had a huge week and earned Player of the Week honors for the second straight week. She hit .667 (14 for 21) with three doubles, five homers and 12 RBI’s and 12 runs scored. Frederick had a slugging percentage of 1.524 and had 60 putouts without making an error.

Feindel got all six decisions during the week and was 5-1 with a 0.93 ERA with one walk and 54 strikeouts. She threw nine perfect innings vs. MIT including a six-inning perfect game. She threw a one-hit shutout vs. Mitchell and beat Springfield 4-1 on Sunday as she struck out 13 to clinch the top-seed. Feindel allowed 16 hits in 30 innings and five runs, four earned.

Frederick leads the team with a .468 batting average, eight homers and 40 RBI’s while Feindel, who leads the nation with 290 strikeouts is also among the national leaders in wins (24), ERA (0.94) and shutouts (10).

Coast Guard, ranked third in New England, finished NEWMAC play 14-2 overall and the Bears are 26-7 overall.

Top-seeded Coast Guard will open NEWMAC tournament play on Wednesday at home. Fourth-seeded Wellesley and fifth-seeded Clark will play at Coast Guard at 2:30 with the Bears playing the winner at 5 p.m.

The double elimination NEWMAC tournament will continue on Saturday and Sunday at the Coast Guard Academy with four games on Saturday, 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and two and possibly three games on Sunday, 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.