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May 17, 2007 |
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Rhode
Island College’s Nicole Riley
Named Second Team All-American
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Providence, RI—Rhode
Island College senior pitcher Nicole Riley (North
Providence, RI)
was named a
Second Team All-American for her performance in softball this season.
Riley received the award at the NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament
National Championship Banquet, held at the Civic Center in Salem
Virginia on Thursday evening. |
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Riley has already been named First
Team All-New England, was the Little East Conference’s Pitcher of the
Year and garnered First Team All-Little East honors for the second
consecutive season. She was named to the 2007 NCAA Div. III Softball
N.E. Regional’s All-Tournament Team, where she went 3-0 in four
appearances with a 0.97 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. The
senior righty has appeared in 41 games, starting 34 of them. Riley is
29-3 with a 0.84 earned run average and two saves. She has struck out
228 batters in 208.1 innings of work and logged 12 shutouts. Riley is
Rhode Island College’s all-time leader in career wins (77), games
started (96), relief appearances (24) and shutouts (23). She is second
in strikeouts (595) and innings pitched (617.1), while ranking third
in career ERA (1.55). Riley owns the longest consecutive winning
streak in NCAA Div. III softball history (43 games), which began on
Mar. 17, 2006 and ended on Apr. 22, 2007. |
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Head Coach Maria Morin’s Anchorwomen are the
sixth seed in the NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament’s National
Championship Round, which begins on Friday, May 18. Sixth-seeded Rhode
Island College (41-5) will face third-seeded Wisconsin Eau-Claire
(35-12) at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia on
Friday, May 18. First pitch is scheduled for
4 p.m.
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Follow the Anchorwomen’s quest for the National
Championship via
www.odaconline.com/07div3soft
for up to date information throughout the tournament. The games will
be streamed live via the internet and you can follow the action via
live stats as well. |
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In 2007, Rhode Island College captured
its third consecutive Little East Conference Regular Season
Championship, second straight LEC Tournament title, and hosted and
won the NCAA Div. III Softball New England Regional Tournament for the
first time in school history |
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Nicole Riley (center)
along with Rhode Island College Head Softball Coach Maria Morin
(left)
and Associate Head Coach Ken Stanley (right) at the NCAA Div. III
Softball Tournament
National Championship Banquet on May 17. |
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