Player of the Week/ Rookie of the Week
Haley Ahr, Marist
R-Fr., Union Beach, NJ, St. John Vianney
 
Haley Ahr earns Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors after she hit .529 (9-for-17) with a 1.197 OPS (.647 slugging, .550 on-base) as Marist faced high-quality competition in five games at the South Florida Showdown. She drove in six runs, scored one, had two doubles, walked twice, stole a base, and had a sacrifice fly. She hit safely in every game and had two multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games. Against Iowa on March 17, she went 4-for-6 with two RBIs. Later that day, she reached safely all three times (2-for-2, walk) and stole a base against #11/9 Texas. She went 1-for-2 with a double, walk, run scored, and RBI in a win over Lehigh on March 18. She closed out the week with three RBIs, a double, and a sacrifice fly against Lehigh on March 19. Ahr also handled 28 fielding chances (18 putouts, 10 assists) while starting at three different infield positions last week (second, first, short) without committing an error.
 
 
Pitcher of the Week
Megan Giese, Canisius
Jr., Buffalo, NY, Orchard Park
 
This week’s MAAC Softball Pitcher of the Week is Canisius junior Megan Giese. Giese had a strong outing in the circle on Saturday, tossing her second complete game shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over Cornell. The victory gave Canisius 1,000 wins as a program, the first MAAC school to achieve the mark. In the contest, Giese allowed just two hits and three walks while striking out a season-high eight batters. She also went 1-3 at the plate in the win.
 
 
The 2023 MAAC Softball Championship is a six-team double elimination tournament taking place between May 10-14, 2023. The championship will be hosted by the highest seed.

About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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