Moravian, Lehigh players win weekly softball awards

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Moravian College freshman outfielder Jenn Dalickas (Brandywine) was named Landmark Conference Softball Player of the Week. Dalickas powered Moravian to a 5-1 record last week. She slugged three home runs in a doubleheader sweep of Juniata and her four homers for the week gave her a 1.357 slugging percentage. She hit .500 overall with a .619 on-base percentage while also scoring five runs and driving in 11. Six of her eight hits went for extra bases, and she also drew four walks. On the season, Dalickas is batting .389 (37-for-95) to go with 19 runs, ten doubles, and team-high nine home runs and 34 RBIs. Moravian (27-9, 6-2) returns to action on Saturday against Catholic in a Landmark Conference doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m. **************************** Lehigh freshman pitcher Emily Bausher continued her outstanding rookie season, earning a league-record sixth Patriot League Rookie of the Week award, announced Monday. Bausher earned wins in both of her starts last week, a 3-1 win over Princeton Wednesday and a five-inning one-hitter in the Mountain Hawks’ 10-0 win over Colgate on Saturday. Against Princeton, Bausher allowed five hits, though the Tigers only managed one unearned run in the contest. She struck out five Tigers in five innings of work to earn the victory in game one of a doubleheader. On Saturday, Bausher helped Lehigh to another doubleheader sweep by pitching five shutout innings in the second game against the rival Raiders. She surrendered just one hit and struck out eight of the 18 batters she faced as Lehigh earned the 10-0 win in five innings to move to 32-16 overall and 13-1 in league games. The New Egypt, N.J. native is now 15-9 on the season with 15 complete games, five solo shutouts and a Patriot League-leading 1.52 ERA. Against league opponents she is 6-1 with a 0.39 ERA. Bausher leads the Mountain Hawks in wins and strikeouts (167) as well as innings pitched (143). She threw a no-hitter against South Dakota on March 4, and has added three complete-game one-hit shutouts this season. Bausher and the Mountain Hawks return to action Wednesday, as they conclude their series with Colgate after Sunday’s games were postponed. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Kaufman Field.