Softball Player of the Week – Alfred
Dana Torchia, Freshman, Third base – Pompton Plains, NJ/Pequannock Township
 
Freshman Dana Torchia adjusted to the collegiate game quickly as she went 22-for-38 (.579 %) with two doubles, six RBIs and 11 runs scored in Alfred's 12-game spring trip to Arizona. She had one hit and one run to start the week in the 4-3 win over Edgewood. She went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored three times in a 7-6 loss to Dickinson on March 12. Torchia continued to improve her stats on Wednesday going 3-for-4 from the plate with three RBIs. Her biggest game of the week came on Friday against Chatham when she went 4-for-5 with two doubles, one run scored and knocked in an RBI.  She added two hits in both games on Saturday to complete her first week in a Saxon uniform.