March 26, 2007 - Day-Neutill Honored by the MAAC
March 26, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
College Softball
Rider’s Day-Neutill Honored by the MAAC
LAWRENCEVILLE—Rider junior outfielder Tiffany Day-Neutill was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball player of the week for all games played March 19-25, it was announced by the conference office Monday afternoon.
Day-Neutill (Agoura Hills, Calif./Oaks Christian), a pre-season All-MAAC selection batted .600 for the week as the Broncs hosted the Rider Invitational against Villanova, Lafayette and Monmouth this past weekend.
“I feel very honored to have won the award because there are so many great players in the MAAC,” said Day-Neutill.
“Tiffany is on fire,” said head coach Tricia Carroll. “She is seeing the ball very well and driving it and she is also a risk to bunt the ball. Teams have been having difficulty determining how to play her.”
Against Lafayette in Rider’s 6-5 win, Day-Neutill went four for five with a double and had a key bunt single in the ninth inning to setup the game-winning hit. Day-Neutill is currently leading the Broncs in hitting with a .418 average (23/55) and recently had an eight-game hitting streak, raising her average over 300 points. “I started off a little slower than I wanted when we were in North Carolina and at the begining of the Florida trip,” Day-Neutill added. “I was just stressing too much. I had to remind myself why I play this game and that is because I love it and I have fun doing it. Since then I have just been having fun and enjoying every opportunity that I get to play and I've been playing more relaxed.”
Day-Neutill, who is majoring in Biopsychology is a member of the MAAC All-Academic team and recently became the 39th Bronc to reach the 100 career-hit mark and her 116 career hits currently rank 30th all-time at Rider.
The Broncs travel to St. John’s on Wednesday for a non-conference doubleheader at 2:30pm.
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