Softy, Medina Earn ECAC First Team All-Star Honors
CAPE COD, Mass. (May 27, 2010) – Senior shortstop Christie Softy (Floral Park, N.Y.) and senior centerfielder Melissa Medina (Levittown, N.Y.) of the C.W. Post softball team were both named to the ECAC All-Star team by the region's coaches.
Softy broke C.W. Post's career records in homeruns (48), doubles (56), RBI (216), games played and games started (235). In 2010, she compiled a .367 batting average to rank sixth in the ECC and lead the conference in slugging percentage (.728), homeruns (17) and runs batted in (67). Softy knocked out at least one home run in a stretch of seven games earlier this season which set a new NCAA record. In her four-year career as a Pioneer, Softy has been named a NFCA First Team All-American, ECAC All-Star, a three-time All-Region selection as well as a four-time All-Conference and Daktronics First Team selection.
Medina led the team in batting average (.409), hits (76) and runs scored (51). She broke the school's hits record (294) and at-bats (747) over a span of four years. Medina is a four-time ECC First Team selection and NFCA All-Region selection.
C.W. Post concluded its season with a 41-16 overall record. The Pioneers were the East Coast Conference regular season champions with a 25-3 conference record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight year.
2010 ECAC Division II Softball All-Stars
Kyrie Timbrook, Sr., 1B, Caldwell
Emily Redig, So., 2B, Mercyhurst
Cara Piasecki, Jr., 3B, Dominican
Emily Slack, So., C, Dowling
Bailey Phillips, Sr., OF, Le Moyne
Rochelle Noren, Sr., OF, Adelphi
Jessie Stavola, So., P, Dowling
Brittany Pulido, Jr., P, Caldwell