Koman Recognized as AMCC Pitcher of the Week for the Fourth Time
Behrend
softball freshman Julie Koman (Mckees Rocks/Montour) has been named the
pitcher of the week for the week of May 8. This is the fourth week
this spring that Koman has earned the honor, more than any other pitcher in
the conference. Koman is currently seventh in the nation in E.R.A,
boasting a 0.57 and tenth in strikeouts per seven innings, sitting down over
10 batters a game.
Koman upped her season record to 20-3
with a 3-win effort in the AMCC tournament. She struck out 34 in 25 innings
of work, allowing just four runs in four games. In the title game, Koman
held Pitt-Bradford to one hit, fanned nine and walked no one to shut out the
defending champs, 5-0. The freshman phenom closed out the three-time
defending champion Panthers in style, striking out the side in the final
inning to secure the automatic bid to the NCAAs for the blue and white.
Behrend earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday
with a 5-0 blanking of Pitt-Bradford on the Behrend diamond. The blue and white were placed in the
Northeast Regional as the seventh-seed and will play the second-seed and
host Ithaca Bombers (35-4) first in the double-elimination regional on Thursday, May
11 at 2:00 p.m. This is the first trip to the NCAA Tournament for the
blue and white.