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Fefel, Shepherd Named to America East All-Championship Team

5/10/2008

Amanda Fefel (above) and Dana Shepherd (below) were named to the America East All-Championship Team.

ALBANY, N.Y.—UMBC sophomore third baseman Amanda Fefel (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) and senior shortstop Dana Shepherd (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) were selected to the America East All-Championship Team, the conference announced Saturday.

Fefel batted .400 (4-for-10) in three games at the league tournament. She went 2-for-3 with a double against Albany on the first day of competition, collecting both of the Retrievers’ hits in the game. Then against Boston University, she went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run that put UMBC on the board first in a 5-3 victory.

Shepherd was one of just three Retrievers to collect more than one hit in the tournament. She went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Boston University, and her infield single in the fourth inning tied the game just after the Terriers had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the frame.

Stony Brook pitcher Alyssa Struzenberg was named the America East Championship’s Most Outstanding Player after tossing two shutouts in three games, including a 4-0 blanking of three-time defending champion and top-seeded Albany in the title game on Saturday.

UMBC’s season ended with a 4-0 loss to the Great Danes on Friday. The Retrievers (25-29, 12-9 AEC) advanced to the America East Championships for the third year in a row, earning the fourth seed.

2008 America East All-Championship Team

Alyssa Struzenberg, Stony Brook – Most Outstanding Player

Marissa Fleury, Stony Brook

Molly Kestranek, Stony Brook

Kelly Oberto, Stony Brook

Leah McIntosh, Albany

Amber Maisonet, Albany

Meagan Butsch, Albany

Amanda Fefel, UMBC

Dana Shepherd, UMBC

Melanie Delgado, Boston U.

Brooke Hudson, Boston U.