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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

SPRING 2004
WEEK ENDING 4/18/04

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Nicole Panikiewsky, Rowan University
Junior, Outfielder, Carteret, NJ/Bishop George Ahr

Panikiewsky becomes the first Prof to win NJAC Player of the Week honors after hitting .409 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, seven runs scored, five RBI and six stolen bases in a key 6-0 week for the Profs. She hit safely in all six contests and recorded two key multiple-hit NJAC games. After going a combined 2-for-6 in Rowan's 3-2 and 2-1 non-conference doubleheader sweep over Messiah, she went 4-for-9 with three RBI and four stolen bases in the Profs' 8-0 and 8-1 sweep of Rutgers-Newark. She wrapped up the week by going a combined 3-for-7 with a triple and two runs scored in Rowan's 7-0 and 3-0 sweep of rival Richard Stockton. The Rowan team leader in batting average, runs scored and RBI, Panikiewsky currently leads the NJAC in doubles with 12. She also ranks seventh in the league in hitting with a .387 batting average. The Profs, 27-5 overall, return to action on April 20 when they host Ramapo in a key conference doubleheader. 

PITCHER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Jamie Anzaldi, Ramapo College
Senior, Pitcher, Clifton, NJ/Clifton

Anzaldi earns NJAC Pitcher honors after going 4-0 on the mound in a key 6-0 week for the Roadrunners. She opened the week by pitching a complete-game, two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and no walks as Ramapo topped Kean, 1-0, in game-one of a doubleheader. She then earned the victory in game-two, pitching 1.1 innings of scoreless one-hit relief to propel Ramapo to a 7-6 win over the Cougars in eight innings. One day later, she earned a game-one victory over William Paterson by pitching a complete-game shutout in the Roadrunners' 1-0 win. She wrapped up the week by earning a game-two victory over the Pioneers after pitching four innings of two-hit scoreless work to improve her overall pitching record to 14-2. Anzaldi currently ranks third among all NJAC pitchers with a 0.48 earned run average. The Roadrunners, 23-3 overall, return to action on April 20 when they travel to Glassboro for a key conference doubleheader with Rowan.

ROOKIE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Stacy Haas, Rutgers University-Camden
Freshman, Infielder, Florence, NJ/Florence

Haas becomes the second different Scarlet Raptor to earn NJAC Rookie honors after hitting .438 (7-for-16) during the week for Rutgers-Camden. After a 1-for-4 performance in Camden's 4-1 and 5-0 non-conference sweep over Ursinus, she went a combined 4-for-6 in the Raptors' doubleheader against Montclair State. She wrapped up the week with a 2-for-3 performance with a stolen base and two runs scored in Camden's 5-3 game-two win over The College of New Jersey. Haas currently ranks 10th in the NJAC in hitting with a .368 batting average. The Scarlet Raptors, 24-7 overall, return to action on April 20 when they host William Paterson in a key conference doubleheader. 

ROOKIE PITCHER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Mary Gardiner, Kean University
Freshman, Pitcher, Tinton Falls, NJ/Tinton Falls

Gardiner earns NJAC Rookie Pitcher honors for the third time this season after going 1-1 on the mound for the Cougars during the week. She notched her fifth victory of the season by allowing only one hit in three innings of work during Kean's 16-2 win over New Jersey City University. She wrapped up the week by striking out four in eight innings of work in the Cougars' 7-6 extra-inning defeat at Ramapo. Gardiner currently ranks 15th among all NJAC pitchers with a 2.82 earned run average. The Cougars return to action on April 20 when they travel to face NJAC rival Montclair State in a doubleheader.   

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - SPRING 2004

   Player Pitcher Rookie
Player
Rookie
Pitcher
Week 1 Becky Johnson
Rutgers-Camden
Jessica Donohue
TCNJ
Kristin Boyer
TCNJ
Mary Gardiner
Kean
Week 2 *Kate Schrumpf
Rutgers-Newark
*Crystal Sweeney
Montclair State
Liz Sisca
William Paterson
Marissa Marino
Ramapo
Week 3 Kristen Zimmerman
TCNJ
*Sara Dickey
Rowan
Autumn Millett
Rutgers-Camden
Jessica Kohut
TCNJ
Week 4 Kari McDonnell
Montclair State
*Becky Johnson
Rutgers-Camden
Michele Rossi
Ramapo
Mary Gardiner
Kean
Week 5 Liz Sisca
William Paterson
*Sara Dickey
Rowan
Michele Rossi
Ramapo
Kristin Lawrence
Kean
Week 6 Nicole Panikiewsky
Rowan
Jamie Anzaldi
Ramapo
Stacy Haas
Rutgers-Camden
Mary Gardiner
Kean

* Indicates ECAC Player of the Week selection as well