YORK, Pa. -- Salisbury swept this week's conference honors as senior Paige Knussman and  freshman Brooke Mizelle were honored as the CAC Softball Players of the Week for March 14, 2016.  

Player of the Week

Paige Knussman | Salisbury | Sr. | INF

Easton, Md.  | Easton      

Salisbury senior Paige Knussman claimed CAC Player of the Week honors after hitting .435 with six extra-base hits including three home runs in a 6-0 week for the 11th-ranked Sea Gulls. The biggest shot of the week for Knussman was her grand slam in the fifth inning of Salisbury's 4-2 win against Lynchburg on Sunday, helping the Sea Gulls overcome a 2-0 deficit. Knussman totaled 11 RBIs, five runs scored and slugged .957 for the week. 

Pitcher of the Week

Brooke Mizelle | Salisbury | Fr. | P 

Holland, Va. | Southampton Academy  

Salisbury freshman Brooke Mizelle was honored as the CAC Pitcher of the Week after posting a 4-0 mark with a 1.03 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 20.1 innings of work last week. Mizelle's top performance was a three-inning, no-hit relief victory against Lynchburg on Sunday. Entering in the seventh inning, Mizelle shut down the Hornets, allowing the Sea Gulls to score twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game to send it to extra innings. She held Lynchburg scoreless in the eighth and ninth frames, despite the Hornets starting each inning with a runner on second thanks to the international tie-breaker, helping Salisbury claim a 12-11 win in nine innings. In the second game of the doubleheader with Lynchburg, she surrendered just five hits in a complete-game victory, striking out six in the contest. Her eight strikeouts against New Paltz on Saturday marked a career high. 

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (3/14)

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Meagan Jones, Sr., OF, Chesterfield, Va./Cosby

FROSTBURG STATE: Allison Short, So., P, Hampstead, Md./North Carroll

MARY WASHINGTON: Malia Rogers, So., INF, Woodbridge, Va./Forest Park

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Sarah Edwards, Jr., C, Phoenix, Ariz./Sandra Day O'Connor

WESLEY: Samantha Burns, Fr., INF., Magnolia, Del./Polytech

YORK: Joanna Marmo, Fr., C/OF, Merrick, N.Y./Sanford Calhoun

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

In the NFCA March 9 rankings, Christopher Newport is No. 3 with one first-place vote, while Salisbury is No. 11 ... Christopher Newport went 4-1 last weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. Meagan Jones, CNU's leadoff hitter, was named to the All-Tournament team as the Captains posted wins over nationally-ranked Linfield and Lake Forest, as well as wins over Fontbonne and Augustana. The Captains, ranked third in the country, are 14-1 after losing to top-ranked Texas-Tyler on Sunday ... Frostburg State's Allison Short tossed a two-hit, three-strikeout gem in a 2-0 shutout victory over TCNJ. She scattered two hits over two innings for her second win of the season ... Sophomore Malia Rogers led Mary Washington with a .556 average in four games last week, collecting five hits in nine at bats, with a double, home run, and five RBI. She walked three times and was hit by a pitch and did not strike out ... Salisbury's Paige Knussman now has 28 career home runs, moving her into the top five in program history ... Southern Virginia's Sarah Edwards ranks second on the Knights with a batting average of .278, and leads the team in walks and on-base percentage ... Wesley's Samantha Burns, the team's leadoff hitter, went 15-for-20 at the plate with five walks, six runs and just one strikeout in a 3-5 week for the Wolverines on their spring break trip to Florida. Burns leads the Wolverines in OBP this season with a .681 mark ... York went 4-0 last week with sweeps over Elizabethtown and Eastern to improve to 11-3 on the year. Joanna Marmo hit .400 with six RBIs, three runs scored, two doubles and two home runs, while Courtney Martin notched two wins and a save on the mound for the Spartans. 

2016 CAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK