Mar 17, 2008

Wheaton Senior Jodi Moynagh Named NEWMAC Softball Pitcher of the Week

NEWMAC Softball Pitcher of the Week

Jodi Moynagh, Wheaton College, SR (Worcester, Mass.)

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 ERA, 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, fanning nine against RPI, eight more versus Albion and then spinning a three-hit shutout of Drew on March 10. Moynagh struck out six against Curry and then struck out eight more against Ohio Wesleyan. On March 13, Moynagh saved a 5-2 win against Wisconsin-Superior by coming on with the bases loaded and no one out in the seventh before fanning the side. In the second contest of the day, she yielded three Bowdoin hits and struck out nine while recording another shutout.