At
Hofstra: Has
seen action as a pitcher and a third baseman in her career...Did not pitch last
season while serving as the every day third baseman, but could be used in the
circle this year, if needed...Has 11 career home runs, to go along with 19 doubles and 83 RBI...Has a career batting average of exactly .300.
2010: Second-team NFCA All-Northeast Region...Started 56 of 57 games
at third base...Batted .308 with eight homers (second best on the team) and 34
runs batted in (which ranked third)...Had a key two-run home run in the Pride's
5-2 win over No. 14 Oklahoma State in the NCAA Regionals in Tucson...Also was
2-for-3 with two runs scored in the first meeting with Oklahoma State, an 8-6
Pride victory...Drew bases loaded walk in 12th inning of regional
final against Arizona...Had tying RBI single in seventh inning of 7-3 comeback
win over Towson in CAA Tournament...Was 2-for-4 with an RBI in a CAA winner's
bracket victory over James Madison...Had a walk-off homer in a 2-1 win over
Boston University...Also hit tying homer in the top of the seventh of a 1-0 win
over Kent State...Had two homers in a 10-2 victory over St. John's, the first
two-homer game for a Pride player in three years...Was 3-for-3 with a double and
an RBI in a 2-0 win over Maryland...Had a three-run homer in a win over George
Mason in the first game of a three-game series, then had the tiebreaking
two-run single in the sixth inning of a 2-0 win in the series finale...Was
2-for-2 with a homer and two RBI in the series finale against James
Madison...Committed only three errors all season at third base...Hit .283 in
conference games.
2009: Started all 47 games...Batted .285, third on the team, with 26
RBI, which ranked second...Had a 2-5 record with a 2.07 ERA in the pitching
circle...Hit 2-for-4 with an RBI double against Georgia State in a 3-1 loss,
12-inning loss in the CAA Tournament...Had two RBI in a 5-3 loss to North
Carolina State...Had a tying two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning of a
5-4 comeback win over LIU...Was 3-for-4 with two RBI in a 7-0 win in the rubber
game of a three-game series with Towson...Hit a two run homer in a loss to
Indiana...Hit 5-for-7 with two RBI in a doubleheader split with Maryland, while
earning a 5-1 win in the pitching circle in the nightcap...Had five RBI in the
three-game Drexel series, including two RBI in both ends of a doubleheader
sweep...Had two RBI in a 4-0 win over NCAA qualifier BYU...Allowed only two hits in
three innings of shutout relief against NCAA qualifier Ohio State...Three of her
pitching losses were by 2-1 scores, while a fourth was 3-2...Hit .298 with nine
RBI in conference games.
2008: First-team All-Colonial Athletic
Association...CAA All-Rookie team...Batted .308 with two homers and 23 RBI at the
plate, and had an 8-3 record with a 1.35 ERA in the pitching circle...Batted .395
in conference games with one homer and 12 RBI...Picked up her first collegiate
pitching victory with a five-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Georgia Tech...Had her
first career homer in a pinch-hitting appearance in the seventh inning of a 3-1
win over James Madison in the rubber game of a three-game series...Threw a
complete game against Tennessee, allowing one earned run in a 5-1 loss...Allowed
two hits in five shutout innings to get the win in a 2-0 victory over
LIU...Earned a save in relief of an 8-5 victory over Florida Gulf Coast...Batted
3-for-3 with an RBI in the final game of the UNC Wilmington series...Earned the
CAA Rookie of the Week Award three times...Was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and
two RBI in the second game of the George Mason series...Was 3-for-3 with two
doubles and three RBI in the final game of the Georgia State series...Drove in
two runs in an 8-1 win over Fordham...had an 11-game hitting streak at one
point...Was 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in a win over Rutgers, breaking
a 0-0 tie in the fifth with a three-run shot...Had an RBI double in the bottom of
the first inning to tie the score at 1-1 in the CAA championship round against
James Madison, a game that the Pride would go on to win 3-1 in 11 innings.
High
School: Played
four years of softball at Archbishop Ryan High School in
Philadelphia...Three-time team MVP...Pitching MVP of the Philadelphia Catholic
League, as well as a first-team all-league selection for hitting as a
senior...Also named first-team All-Pennsylvania and first-team All-Southeastern
Pennsylvania...Earned second-team all-league honors as a freshman, sophomore and
junior...Batted .487 as a senior with four homers, three triples and 11 doubles,
while tallying a 0.74 ERA in the pitching circle...Hit over .400 all four
seasons, while having an earned run average under 1.00 in all four seasons as
well.
Personal: Born October 21, 1989...Nicknamed "Sara Mick"...Has two older brothers
and two younger sisters...Lists Jennie Finch, Lisa Fernandez, Chase Utley, David
Wright and David Beckham among her favorite athletes...Lists photography and
drawing as her hobbies...Twilight is her favorite book...Started playing softball
at age seven...Exercise specialist major.
