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DENISCHUK, O’HARA EARN SECOND STRAIGHT AMERICA EAST ACCOLADES

4/4/2006

Courtney O'Hara hit .609 en route to her second consecutive Rookie of the Week award.

Melanie Denischuk hit three home runs last week.

Boston-UMBC junior first baseman Melanie Denischuk (Poway, Calif./Hugh Sutherland (Carstairs Alberta)/Indian River CC/Auburn) and freshman outfielder Courtney O’Hara (Pasadena, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) earned America East honors for the second consecutive week, the conference announced Monday. Denischuk was named conference Player of the Week, while O’Hara was tabbed Rookie of the Week for the week ending April 2.

Denischuk earned Player of the Week honors for the third time this season after hitting .619 (13-for-21) in seven games on the week, scoring eight runs and driving in 13. She hit one double and three home runs. She was 3-for-3 with three RBI in the first game of the doubleheader against Howard on March 28. She went 3-for-4 with a run and three RBI against Hartford on April 1. She went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a three-run home run in the second game of the series against the Hawks. She had at least one hit in every game of the week and she drove in at least one run in all but one game.

O’Hara continued her red-hot streak at the plate, hitting .609 (14-for-23) with a double, a triple, seven runs scored and two RBI. Both of her extra-base hits came in the first game of the doubleheader against Howard on March 28, as she went 3-for-4 with two runs scored from the leadoff spot. She went 2-for-3 with two RBI in the next game. O’Hara went 3-for-4 with a run against Hartford on April 1, and 3-for-4 with three runs scored in the next game against the Hawks. In the final game of the series she was 2-for-3.