SU Rookie Named ECAC Player of the Week
4/9/2003 10:04:50 AM | Softball
CENTERVILLE, Mass. - SU freshman shortstop Alexis Switenko was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I Softball Player of the Week on Wednesday, April 9. Switenko was also the BIG EAST Co-Player of the Week.
Switenko helped the Orangewomen to a pair of wins at Providence on Sunday, April 6. She had four hits, three of them home runs, with four runs scored and eight RBI. Switenko hit two home runs in the nightcap to tie the school record. She now has two of the four multi-home run games in Syracuse history. Her three long balls for the twin bill established a new school record for home runs in a doubleheader. Switenko had four RBI in each of the two games versus the Friars, matching the school single-game record and setting the doubleheader mark for runs driven in.
Switenko's season home run total is now seven, the best on the team and the most ever by a Syracuse freshman. She is just two short of the Orangewomen's single-season record regardless of class. She also leads the team with 18 runs batted in.
Switenko is the second player in SU history to be honored by the ECAC. Senior Tara DiMaggio was the organization's pitcher of the week on May 2, 2000 after throwing the Orangewomen's first perfect game.
Syracuse (9-15, 3-3) is scheduled to open the home portion of its schedule on Friday, April 11 versus Seton Hall at 12 p.m.
