ALFRED, NY – Nicole Maher (Newark, DE/Caravel Academy), a senior shortstop on the Alfred University softball team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week.

Maher was honored for her play in three doubleheaders last week, in which the Saxons went 6-0. In the six games, Maher batted .556 (10-for-18) with 11 runs scored and nine RBIs.

Four of her eight hits were for extra bases, including three doubles and a triple. Her double against Penn College in the first game of the doubleheader Tuesday (April 19), was the 40^th of her career, a new school record.

In the Saxons' lone conference action last week, a doubleheader sweep of visiting Nazareth Saturday, April 23, Maher went a combined 5-for-6 (.833) with four runs scored and three driven in.
On the season, Maher is batting .374 with 22 runs and 17 RBIs.

Alfred is 20-10 overall with a 7-5 mark in Empire 8 Conference play. The Saxons play next in a non-conference doubleheader at 3 p.m. this afternoon (Monday, April 25) at Hilbert College.