DICRANIAN NAMED EMPIRE 8 SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hilton, NY–Russell Sage College's softball team member utility player and pitcher Taylor Dicranian (Bennington, VT/Mt. Anthony Union) was named the Empire 8 Player of the Week on May 10. The selection comes on the heels of her not only tossing her first career no-hitter at RSC, but also collecting her first career home run.
Below are the Empire 8 Players of the Week, released on May 10, 2021 for games played from May 3-May 9. It is the 15th Empire 8 weekly honors release of the 2020-21 season.
SOFTBALL
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Taylor Dicranian, Russell Sage, Jr., P/U, Bennington, VT/Mt. Anthony Union
Dicranian threw her first career no-hitter and came on in relief in game two to earn the win, as the Gators clinched the No. 2 seed in the Empire 8 Tournament with a doubleheader sweep at Elmira on Thursday. She added her first career home run in her first at-bat in the nightcap. Dicranian was 2-0 in the circle with a 1.11 ERA, a no-hitter, a shutout, a complete game and worked in 12.2 innings. She also had an impressive week at the plate as she batted .571 with four hits in seven at-bats, while adding a double, home run, a 1.143 slugging percentage and a .625 on-base percentage.
As the week opens, RSC finds itself participating in the 2021 Empire 8 Softball Tournament as the No. 2 seed, both program firsts for head coach Erica Li and her Gators. RSC stands at 16-4 overall and also posting that same record in the Empire 8 this spring. The team opens play in the double-elimination tournament on May 11 taking on No. 3 seeded Alfred University at 1:30 p.m. on the campus of St. John Fisher College.
Dicranian is 14-2 this spring in the circle as her 14 wins in 2021, stands second all-time in single-season victories. She is second to Kelsey Newberg, who had 16 wins in 2017. Dicranian is also 10th on the team's career record book as she sports 15 career victories, while having also working in 168.2 innings which is 17th best. Her 11 doubles this season leads the Gators and is also ranked 19th best in single-season batting performances. She owns a .527 batting average this spring with a .716 slugging percentage and 19 RBI's.
