Jessica Wiley Named Northeast-10 Conference Freshman Of The Week

Wiley allowed just three earned runs last week

Northeast-10 Conference Weekly Release

RINDGE, N.H. (March 25, 2009) – Freshman pitcher Jessica Wiley (Cape Vincent, N.Y./Thousand Islands) of the Franklin Pierce University softball team has been named Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Week for the week ending on March 22, as announced Monday by the conference office.

Wiley allowed just three earned runs over 20 innings in the circle while posting a 2-1 record in Florida last week. Against St. Thomas Aquinas on March 16, she tossed a complete game, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits, walked one and struck out four to pick up her first collegiate win. Wiley followed that with a complete-game one-hitter against Nyack on March 18, in which she allowed one unearned run, walked one and struck out five to post another win. Her lone loss of the week came against Philadelphia on March 19, when she allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over six innings, walked two and struck out five.

The Ravens (4-6, 0-0 Northeast-10) return to the field on Saturday, March 28, when they travel to New York Institute of Technology for a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for noon at NYIT Softball Complex in Old Westbury, N.Y. Franklin Pierce’s first home games are a doubleheader scheduled for Sunday, March 29 against Southern New Hampshire at noon.