Player of the Week
Ava Fitzmaurice, Siena 
Gr., Greenville, NY, Greenville
 
 
Siena’s Ava Fitzmaurice batted .500 (10-20) with 11 RBI’s, five runs scored, two doubles, two triples, and a home run over six games last week, leading the Saints to a 3-1 conference record during that time. She also slugged .950, held a .565 on-base percentage, and stole three bases. The Greenville, NY native went 2-1 in the circle with 13 strikeouts over 15 innings as well.
 
 
Pitcher of the Week
Calista Phippen, Marist
Gr., Kinderhook, NY, Ichabod Crane
 
 
Calista Phippen did not allow a run over 9.2 innings in her two appearances last week, as she went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 0.83 WHIP. Phippen allowed just four total hits and struck out eight against four walks. In a relief appearance against Cornell on April 5, Phippen entered the game with the bases loaded, one out, and the Red Foxes trailing 4-0 in the top of the third. The Kinderhook, NY native stranded all three runners, and then added two more scoreless innings as Marist came back to win 11-4. She struck out three and allowed just one hit as she needed just 36 pitches to get through 2.2 innings. Phippen then tossed a three-hitter with five strikeouts as the Red Foxes earned a 1-0 triumph over Saint Peter's on April 8. It was Marist's first 1-0 win in four years.
 
 
Rookie of the Week
Haley Ahr, Marist
R-Fr., Union Beach, NJ, St. John Vianney
 
 
Haley Ahr hit .400 (4-for-10) with a 1.055 OPS (.600 slugging, .455 on-base) as Marist went 3-0 this past week. The redshirt freshman added three runs scored, three RBIs, two doubles, and a walk as she hit safely in all three games. Ahr went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBIs, two doubles, and a walk as Marist scored 11 unanswered runs in an 11-4 triumph over Cornell on April 5. In the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Peter's on April 8, she led off the fourth inning with a single, and the game's only run was scored later that inning. In the second game, she had an RBI single in Marist's seven-run second inning.
 
 
 
 
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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