Softball Athletes of the Week: April 29, 2024

4/29/2024 4:08:08 PM

Player of the Week
 
Noelle Simmons (Goffstown, N.H.) - Sophomore - Second Base - Rhode Island College
Simmons was named the LEC Player of the Week after batting .600 (12-for-20) and slugging 1.000 as she totaled four doubles, two triples, seven runs scored and four RBI in a 3-3 week for the Anchorwomen. She opened the week going 5-for-7 with two doubles, one RBI and two runs scored in a pair of one-run losses to UMass Dartmouth before capping the week going 5-for-6 with two doubles, two triples, four runs scored and two RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Keene State Saturday. Simmons was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in a 7-1 game-one non-conference win over Worcester State.
 
Pitcher of the Week
 
Alyssa Vilchez (Brampton, Ont.) - Graduate Student - Eastern Connecticut
Vilchez was named the LEC Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 with a 1.67 earned run average over 21 innings of work for the Warriors, who were 3-1 for the week. She fired a three-hit shutout while fanning three batters in a 7-0 game-one win over Western Connecticut before going the distance in a 7-2 game-one win over Plymouth State, which also saw her strike out three batters. She the pitched essentially a complete game in the nightcap against the Panthers, entering with no outs and a run in in the first inning, and went on the yield three earned runs on six hist with six Ks while recording all 21 outs of the 10-6 triumph.
 
Rookie of the Week
 
Madison Gould (Whitehall, N.Y.) - Freshman - Pitcher/Infield - Vermont State Castleton
Gould was named the LEC Rookie of the Week after batting .538 (7-for-13) with six RBI and four runs scored in a 3-1 week for the Spartans. She was 5-for-6 with a double, dour RBI and three runs scored in a non-conference sweep of Union (N.Y.) before going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in an 8-7 game-one win over WestConn.