Sydney Horan had an outstanding week, going 5-1 across our games against Manhattan and Sacred Heart. Over 34.1 innings pitched, she posted a 0.62 ERA, recorded 22 strikeouts, and allowed just three walks. She also reached a career milestone with 400 strikeouts. 

 

 

Haley Ahr hit .722 this past week, going 13-for-18 with two home runs, nine RBIs, and five runs scored as the Red Foxes went 5-0. She had four consecutive multi-hit games, and she hit safely in each contest. On April 22 against Merrimack, Ahr went 3-for-3 with a run scored as Marist earned a 4-3 win in game one. She drove in the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth in game two, as she went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. On April 25 against Manhattan, Ahr went 7-for-9 with seven RBIs and a homer in each game. She went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in game one, and she was 4-for-5 with five RBIs and two runs scored in game two. She capped the week by going 1-for-2 with a run scored in Marist's 10-0 win on April 27. With her 13-for-18 performance, Ahr took over the national lead in batting average (.525). 

 

 

 

Nadia Andarowski had another stellar week in the circle for the Iona University softball team. The rookie went 2-0 with two shutouts and held batters to a .208 batting average this past week of play. She opened the week with a complete game shutout, scattering six hits with two walks and four strikeouts in a 3-0 victory at Saint Peter’s for the doubleheader sweep. The Watertown, CT native followed that performance up with her third career shutout, yielding Bucknell to five hits in another 3-0 win as the Gaels capped non-conference play with a sweep over the Bison. Andarowski leads all MAAC pitchers with a 1.04 earned run average in conference play and is second overall with a 2.22 earned run average for the season. 

 

 

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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