First-team All-SCAC performers Sara Bowen and Kelli Zomer are among 10 Lynx named to the All-SCAC Softball Team, released today by the SCAC Office. The Lynx finished with a school-record 27 regular season wins, a 27-15 overall record and second place finish in the SCAC East Division. In addition, Allison Conn was named to the Second Team, while Jennifer Whatley, Rebekah Moore, Armanda Venezia, Olivia Ryan, Elise Suna, Chelsea Peters and Megan Matthews received Honorable Mention honors.
Sara Bowen makes her second straight appearance on the SCAC First Team as a utility player, and her third overall All-SCAC honor after making the Second Team as a freshman. The junior pitcher/designated player posted a .372 average at the plate, leading the team with 36 RBI and setting the Rhodes single-season home run record by blasting 10 round trippers on the year. She also posted a 12-7 record in the circle, tying the Rhodes record for wins in a season, and broke the Rhodes single season strikeout record by recording 190 strikeouts to lead the SCAC in both overall strikeouts and strikeouts per 7 innings (10.1 per 7 innings). Her 426 career strikeouts rank her #1 all-time at Rhodes, breaking the mark of 422 set by Dana Bartolomei from 2005-2008.
Kelli Zomer, a sophomore outfielder, also makes her second straight appearance on the SCAC First Team, having earned the same spot as a freshman. From the leadoff spot in the order, she hit .388 with a .462 on base percentage, belted 7 home runs and drove in 30 runs. She led the team with 37 runs scored, 18 walks, 6 triples, and 4 stolen bases, and was in the top 3 for the Lynx in every offensive category. She broke Rhodes single season record with 6 triples, becoming the career leader in that category as well, and her 54 hits in 2010 rank her second in hits in a single season at Rhodes.
After earning Honorable Mention honors in 2009, Allison Conn moved up to Second Team All-SCAC in 2010. The junior shortstop led the Lynx at the plate with a .400 average, including a school-record 24-game hitting streak to end the regular season. She hit safely in 33 of her 40 games this season, breaking the single-season hits record in the process with 56 hits. In addition, she made just 7 errors in 123 attempts at shortstop to anchor the Lynx infield.
Senior Rebekah Moore becomes the first player in the history of Rhodes Softball to be named All-SCAC four times, earning Honorable Mention as a freshman, Second Team as a sophomore and junior, and Honorable Mention in 2010. After hitting .318 this season with 7 home runs, Rebekah graduates as both the Rhodes and SCAC career leader in home runs, and is also the Rhodes career leader in RBI and hits.
Moore's fellow Seniors Jennifer Whatley and Armanda Venezia each make their second appearances on an All-SCAC team. Whatley earned Honorable Mention in 2008 as a sophomore at 3B, and earned Honorable Mention this season in the outfield, hitting .255 and recording 4 assists from right field. For the second straight year, Venezia earned Honorable Mention at first base, hitting .296 and posting a .973 fielding percentage. Along with Moore and Karli Alvino, Whatley and Venenzia comprise a senior class that graduates with 91 wins, the most ever by a single class at Rhodes.
Elise Suna, a sophomore outfielder, makes her second appearance on the All-SCAC team, being named Honorable Mention in 2010, after making the Second Team as a freshman in 2009. She finished 3rd on the team with a .383 average and second in RBI with 31, while leading the team in doubles with 16.
Sophomore pitcher Chelsea Peters posted a 11-8 record, the second most wins in a single season in Rhodes history, and led the team in shutouts with 5, to earn Honorable Mention honors for the second straight season.
Junior Olivia Ryan and Freshman Megan Matthews earned Honorable Mention as well, each making their first appearance on the All-SCAC team. Ryan, also a member of the Lynx basketball team, hit .324 with 3 home runs for the Lynx, after coming to the team at the conclusion of basketball season. She was also one of 6 Lynx with at least 20 RBI, as she knocked in 21 runs and scored 16. Matthews started 40 games for the Lynx at second base and 2 at shortstop, hitting .244 and leading the team in sacrifice bunts. She had a pair of walk-off game winning singles in the Lynx wins over Berry early in the season, and made just 1 error in her final 25 games at second base.
Official SCAC release
