Fallon Spriggs (JR), New Paltz.

SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Outfield (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston)
New Paltz junior outfielder Fallon Spriggs batted .500 (10-for-20) with eight RBI, seven runs scored, four home runs and two doubles in a 5-1 week for the Hawks while establishing a single-season home run record (6). Spriggs also fashioned a 1.200 slugging percentage and posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in nine total chances. Spriggs went 1-for-3 with a double in a 6-1 game-one loss to SUNY Oneonta on Tuesday before bouncing back with a 3-for-4 performance that included two runs scored, one RBI and one home run in the Hawks' 4-2 game-two victory in eight innings. Spriggs hit 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored in a 14-5 game-one win over SUNY Potsdam on Friday before breaking out with a 2-for-5 game-two performance that included three RBI, three runs scored and two home runs in a 9-8 win in 10 innings. Her two home runs tied a single-game program record. After a hitless outing in two at-bats in an 8-4 game-one win over SUNY Plattsburgh on Saturday, she rebounded by going 2-for-3 with two RBI, one home run, one run scored and one double in a 5-4 game-two victory. On the season, Spriggs leads the SUNYAC in home runs (6) and slugging percentage (.736). New Paltz (12-7, 5-1 SUNYAC) is currently riding a five-game winning streak and returns to action on Wednesday, April 15, at 3 p.m. against Mount Saint Mary College in its 2015 home-opening doubleheader.