Player of the Week
Kendall Reda-Fehsal, Rider
So., Succasunna, NJ, Roxbury
 
Reda-Fehsal hit safely in all four games this week, going 7-for-11 (.636) with two doubles, a home run, eight RBI's and three runs scored as the Broncs went 4-0 with doubleheader sweeps at Mount St. Mary's and vs. Merrimack. She had two-hit performances in three of four games and drove in at least one run in all four games, including a four-RBI performance as the Broncs erupted for a season-high 18 runs in Game 2 at Mount St. Mary's. Her two-out, two-run single was the difference in a 2-1 win over Merrimack in Game 1 on Sunday, while she also went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in another one-run win in Game 2 vs. the Warriors.
 
Pitcher of the Week
Anna-Marie Groskritz, Rider
Gr., Granby, CT, Granby Memorial
 
Groskritz was dominant this week, going 2-0 with a save in her three appearances, while allowing just one earned run for a 0.47 ERA. She struck out 23 batters in 15.0 innings pitched, including a career-high 11 in a one-hitter in Game 1 against Merrimack after tying her then career high with 10 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout on Wednesday at Mount St. Mary's. The lone earned run surrendered on the week came on a walk, fielder's choice in which the ball was cleanly fielded, but the fielder checked the runner one too many times and proceeded to shot late to first, and a bloop RBI single. Groskritz allowed just one other baserunner in the rest of the one-hitter on a hit-by-pitch. Against Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday, Groskritz scattered five without walking of hitting a batter, striking out 10. In addition, Groskritz came on with a one-run lead in the seventh inning of Game 2 against Merrimack and worked a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts, slamming the door on her first save of the season.
 
Rookie of the Week
Brianna Estevez, Manhattan
Fr., Perth Amboy, NJ, Perth Amboy
 
While helping her team win five straight conference contests, Estevez went 6-for-15, scored five runs, smacked three doubles and hit one home run. In Friday's series opener versus Saint Peter's, Estevez went 2-3 with a solo homer and a stolen base. Additionally, the Perth Amboy product walked three times and swiped three bags to increase her season total to nine stolen bases on the year. Additionally on Wednesday against Sacred Heart, Estevez made an acrobatic diving catch in the bottom of the seventh inning to preserve the Green and White's lead en route to the victory over Pioneers. Estevez registered a whopping .556 on-base-percentage with a .429 batting average for the week. 
 
The 2025 MAAC Softball Championship is an eight-team single and double elimination championship taking place between May 6-10, 2025. Games 1 and 2 will be single elimination and games 3-12 will be double elimination. The championship will be hosted by the highest seed. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Softball Championship, please visit http://maacsports.com/softball.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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