Bark, Armstrong and Sasko Earn CACC Weekly Softball Honors

April 10, 2006

Bark, Armstrong and Sasko Earn CACC Weekly Softball Honors

New Haven, CT - Lauren Armstrong of Holy Family has been named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 9. Michelle Bark of Dominican has been selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Samantha Sasko of Georgian Court has earned Rookie of the Week accolades.

Bark, Armstrong and Sasko Earn CACC Weekly Softball Honors

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

New Haven, CT - Lauren Armstrong of Holy Family has been named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 9. Michelle Bark of Dominican has been selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Samantha Sasko of Georgian Court has earned Rookie of the Week accolades.

Armstrong, a sophomore from Williamstown, NJ, hit .421 (8-for-19) for the week with eight RBI, six runs scored, two doubles, one triple and one home run. She combined to go 5-for-8 with four RBI, four runs scored, one triple and a home run in a sweep of USP on Sunday.

Bark, a junior righty from West Milford, NJ, went all 8.0 innings in a 2-1, extra-inning victory over Felician on Tuesday. She allowed five hits, no earned runs and fanned seven in her only action of the week.

Sasko earns Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season. The freshman from Yardville, NJ, went 1-0 last week and allowed one hit and no runs in 7.0 total innings of work over two appearances. Against Nyack, she got the win after allowing only one hit in 5.0 innings. She also fanned six. In the second game of the double-header against the Warriors, Sasko struck out five batters in 2.0 innings without allowing a hit.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.