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May 17, 2007

RIC softball pitcher named All-American

Rhode Island College senior softball pitcher Nicole Riley was named a Second Team All-American Thursday night at the NCAA Division III National Tournament banquet, held at the Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

Riley, of North Providence, has already been named First Team All-New England, was the Little East Conference's Pitcher of the Year and garnered First Team All-Little East honors for the second consecutive season.

She was named to the 2007 NCAA Div. III N.E. Regional All-Tournament Team where she went 3-0 in four appearances with a 0.97 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 21.2 innings.

The senior righty has appeared in 41 games, starting 34 of them. Riley is 29-3 with a 0.84 earned run average and two saves. She has struck out 228 batters in 208.1 innings of work and logged 12 shutouts.

Riley is RIC's all-time leader in career wins (77), games started (96), relief appearances (24) and shutouts (23). She is second in strikeouts (595) and innings pitched (617.1), while ranking third in career ERA (1.55).

Riley owns the longest consecutive winning streak in NCAA Div. III history (43 games), which began on Mar. 17, 2006 and ended on Apr. 22, 2007.

The Anchorwomen are the sixth seed in the NCAA Div. III National Tournament, which begins on Friday. RIC (41-5) will face third-seeded Wisconsin Eau-Claire (35-12) at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia at 4 p.m.

--SCOTT GIBBONS (RIC Athletics)

Posted by Corey Bourassa  at 10:43 PM to College Sports | Permalink

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