Freiberger, Baun and Zill Win MAAC Softball Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC Player of the Week
PAIGE FREIBERGER, CANISIUS
Junior, 3B, 5-4, Hercules, Calif./St. Mary's
Freiberger hit .364 (4-for-11) with five RBIs, three runs scored, a double and two homers last week as the Golden Griffins went 3-1 in the Colonial Classic in Washington, D.C. In the team's 10-2 win over Army March 6, she went 2-for-2 with four RBIs and two runs scored after she hit a pair of two-run homers, and she drove in Canisius' first run in the team's come-from-behind 3-2 win over Binghamton later that afternoon. Freiberger went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored in the Griffs' 4-1 win over George Washington as well.
MAAC Pitcher of the Week
AMANDA BAUN, CANISIUS
Freshman, P, 5-8, Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King
Baun went 2-1 with a save and an 0.47 ERA in 15 innings of work last week as the Golden Griffins posted a 3-1 record at the Colonial Classic in Washington, D.C. She on in relief against Army and earned the win after she tossed four innings of one-hit ball, and then picked up her second win of the weekend in relief after she held Binghamton scoreless over two innings in the team's 3-2 come-from-behind win March 6. Against George Washington, the freshman hurler picked up her first collegiate save after she logged two innings and struck out three in the team's 4-1 win over the Colonials.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
BECKY ZILL, NIAGARA
Freshman, C, 5-10, Erie, Pa./Iroquois
Zill went 9-for-12 with six RBIs and five runs in three games for the Purple Eagles in the Spartan Clash. She went 4-for-4 against Colgate on March 6 and Lafayette on March 7. Zill had two RBIs and three runs, along three putouts and two assists in NU's 14-11 win over the Raiders. She had three RBIs and two runs against the Leopards on Sunday.