ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University softball team picked up its first conference weekly award as Megan Bennett (Athens, PA/Athens Area) was named the Empire 8 Softball Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon, in an official announcement by Associate Commissioner, Joe Venniro.
 
Bennett won four games last week including wins over Division II D'Youville University and Empire 8 foes, St. John Fisher and Nazareth College while also picking up a five-inning win over Fredonia. Bennett had 36 strikeouts on the week including 10 against D'Youville and 10 against St. John Fisher in the nightcap of that double-header. She only gave up seven earned runs on the week as AU went 6-2 overall on the week and 3-1 in Empire 8 action. Bennett walked only three batters and hit batters only twice with just one wild pitch. She did not give up a hit in her win against Fisher and the one inning against Nazareth in the double-header opener.
 
Bennett was also named a Saxon of the Week on Monday along with men's lacrosse's Drew Cartwright (Elmira, NY/Elmira). Bennett and the Saxons will next travel to Ithaca College on Tuesday, April 12 for a non-conference double-header, with game one slotted to begin at 3:00pm.