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June 22, 2007 |
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Nicole
Riley Named Spring Female Athlete of the Year
at Inaugural Cox Sports Television
Rhode Island Sports Awards
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Providence, RI—Cox
Sports Television named Rhode Island College senior pitcher
Nicole Riley (North Providence, RI) the Spring Female Athlete
of the Year at the inaugural Rhode Island Sports Awards, held at the
Providence Performing Arts Center on Thursday, June 21. |
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A senior
captain on the softball team, Riley helped lead Rhode Island College
to a 41-7 record, its third consecutive Little East Conference
Regular Season Championship, second straight LEC Tournament title,
second appearance in the NCAA Div. III Softball Tournament in which
the Anchorwomen won the New England Region and advanced to the
National Championships for the first time in school history.
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Riley was
named Second Team All-American, First Team All-New England, was the
Little East Conference’s Co-Pitcher of the Year and garnered First
Team All-Little East honors for the second consecutive season. She
was named to the 2007 NCAA 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 appeared in 43 games, starting 36
of them. Riley was 29-5 with a 1.12 earned run average and two
saves. She struck out 233 batters in 219.1 innings of work and
logged 12 shutouts. Riley is Rhode Island College’s all-time leader
in career wins (77), games started (98), relief appearances (24) and
shutouts (23). She is second in strikeouts (600) and innings pitched
(628.1), while ranking third in career ERA (1.64).
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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