Softball Release (2006) - Guilford College's Guarnieri Earns Softball Honor - Guilford College

  • GUILFORD'S KELLY GUARNIERI LANDS SOFTBALL HONOR

 

      Greensboro, NC (4/25/06) -- Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) softball coaches awarded Guilford College's Kelly Guarnieri honorable mention all-conference recognition, the league announced Tuesday. Guarnieri represented the Quakers in the league's postseason awards, which were dominated by ODAC Tournament champion Roanoke, Bridgewater and Lynchburg.

 

Guarnieri finished second on the team with a .290 batting average and .964 fielding percentage, tops among the club's rookies. The Quakers' leadoff hitter, she started all 40 games (23 games in the outfield, 17 at catcher) and led Guilford with 25 runs scored and 36 hits. Guarnieri also had two homers, a triple and nine doubles. Her eight-game hitting streak was Guilford's longest of the season and she led the team with nine multiple-hit games. Guarnieri enjoyed one of her best outings in a 15-1 win over Meredith Feb. 25 when she went 3-3 with a double, triple and three RBIs. She also had three hits, including her first college homer, in Guilford's 4-0 win at Randolph-Macon March 19. Guarnieri went 2-4 with a homer and three RBIs in the Quakers' 12-1 win over Randolph-Macon Woman's College April 12.

 

Coach Ty Cook's Quakers logged a 9-31 overall record and finished seventh in the ODAC with a 5-13 mark. Guarnieri is one of eight letter winners due back for Guilford in 2007.