Dahl, Holtom And Beck Earn Weekly Softball Awards

April 17, 2006

Dahl, Holtom And Beck Earn Weekly Softball Awards

New Haven, CT (4/17/06) Anna Dahl of Caldwell has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player and co-Pitcher of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 16. Crista Holtom of Post was named co-Pitcher of the Week and Sarah Beck of Dominican was the Rookie of the Week selection.

Dahl, Holtom And Beck Earn Weekly Softball Awards

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

New Haven, CT (4/17/06) Anna Dahl of Caldwell has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player and co-Pitcher of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 16. Crista Holtom of Post was named co-Pitcher of the Week and Sarah Beck of Dominican was the Rookie of the Week selection.

Dahl, a junior righty from Lindenwold, NJ, hit .632 (12-for-19) in a 7-1 week and earned a 1.053 slugging percentage and a .652 on-base percentage. She hit two home runs, drove in five runs and crossed the plate five times. She had four multiple-hit games and went 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs and two RBI in the second game of a double-header against Philadelphia.

As a pitcher, Dahl went 3-0 for the week with a 0.37 ERA. She allowed just seven hits over 19.0 innings of work with 16 strikeouts. She went 7.0 innings and allowed only three hits, no earned runs and fanned six against Wilmington.

Holtom, a senior righty from Waterloo, Ontario, also went 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA last week. She had 23 strikeouts in 21 innings of work and walked just one batter. She shutout the region's third-ranked team, Dominican, and followed with another CACC shutout over Philadelphia.

Beck earns CACC honors for the second time this season, as she was named Player of the Week on March 27. Beck, who hails from Milton, NY, hit .444 (8-of-18) with two home runs, six RBI and five runs scored for the week. She went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored to go with a home run against Post and also left the park against St. Thomas Aquinas.

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.