Moynagh earns NEWMAC Pitcher-of-the-Week honor

March 17, 2008

NORTON, MA- Wheaton College softball standout Jodi Moynagh (Worcester, MA/Holy Name Central Catholic) was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on Sunday, March 16. The senior tri-captain drew the honor for the first time since her freshman season.

Moynagh played a hand in seven of Wheaton's 11 wins during its trip to Fort Myers, Florida, going 6-0 with one save, a 1.20 earned run average, four complete games and two shutouts. In 41 innings, she fanned 49 batters and walked only four while yielding a .177 batting average. During the week, she strung together a scoreless streak of 16.2 innings before holding opponents without a run for her final 14.1 innings.

Moynagh won each of her six starts, beginning with a nine-strikeout four-hitter during a 6-3 triumph against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on March 8. She fanned eight more the next day during an 8-1 victory over Albion College, walking two and allowing five hits in seven innings. She helped her own cause with a two-run single during a seven-run first inning.

On March 10, Moynagh spun her first shutout of the spring, 6-0 against Drew University. She struck out six during a three-hitter and did not walk a batter. In a 7-3 victory over Curry College the next day, Moynagh struck out six Colonels in six innings of work. During Wheaton's 3-1 victory against Ohio Wesleyan University on Wednesday, Moynagh struck out eight, walked one and yielded four hits in a complete-game effort. As a runner, she scored the eventual winning run on a teammate's home run.

Moynagh's biggest day came on Thursday, as she began the morning by notching a save in a 5-2 win against the University of Wisconsin at Superior. Moynagh entered the contest in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and no one out before proceeding to strike out the side without allowing a run to score. In the day's second contest, she limited Bowdoin College to three hits in seven inning while striking out nine and walking none during a 6-0 victory.

At 11-1, Wheaton is off to its best start since 2001. The Lyons return to action next Tuesday when they open the northern portion of their schedule with a doubleheader on Clark Field against Framingham State College at 3:30 p.m.

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