Krantz Named NE-10 Pitcher of the Week
Hampton Bays, N.Y., native honored for first time following Skyhawks 6-2 week
EASTON, Mass. (April 13, 2010) – Stonehill College sophomore Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) has been named the Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week for softball by the Conference office.
Krantz, who collects the first weekly honor of her career, led a Stonehill pitching staff that posted 34-straight scoreless innings at one point during a 6-2 week. She made four appearances, two starts, and posted a 3-0 record and 0.75 earned run average with 17 strikeouts and just four walks in 18.2 innings pitched, holding opposing batters to just one extra base hit and a .164 batting average overall. Krantz, also named Ace’s Stonehill Student-Athlete of the Week, is the second Skyhawk to earn softball Pitcher of the Week honors this season, joining senior captain Kait Mendall (Middleboro, Mass./Coyle & Cassidy) who received the award on March 18.
Krantz opened the week with two relief appearances in
Monday’s split with the University of Massachusetts Lowell,
scattering two hits and one walk over a combined 4.2 innings of
work, picking up the win with her two scoreless innings as
Stonehill rallied for a 6-5 victory in game one, striking out three
while surrendering just a single in the outing. She allowed just an
earned run on four hits with a season-high seven strikeouts and a
walk in Wednesday’s 5-1 complete game win over Franklin
Pierce University in game one of the Skyhawks doubleheader sweep.
Krantz wrapped up the week by yielding just an earned run on three
hits with six strikeouts in Sunday’s 3-1 complete game
victory in game one of the Skyhawks split with Assumption College.
Krantz has made a team-best 11 appearances, seven starts, for Stonehill in her second collegiate season, posting a 5-4 record (7th NE-10 for wins) and 1.99 earned run average (6th) with a team-high 35 strikeouts and 14 walks over 52.2 innings pitched, limiting opposing batters to a .226 average (5th). Her 16 batters struck out looking this season are good for eighth among NE-10 leaders.
In two seasons at Stonehill, Krantz has made 30 appearances (16 starts) in the pitching circle and is 8-11 with a 2.33 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 135.1 innings pitched. Krantz is also a member of Stonehill’s Northeast-10 Champion field hockey team, appearing in five games as a reserve last fall as the Skyhawks reached the NCAA Division II Final Four.
Stonehill (12-10-1, 7-5 NE-10) is back in action this afternoon when it visits rival Bentley University for a Northeast-10 doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Saturday when it hosts Southern Connecticut State University for a doubleheader at noon, before hosting first place University of New Haven for a twin bill on Sunday at 1 p.m.
