TAMEZ, PULIDO EARN CACC SOFTBALL WEEKLY HONORS

4-14-08

Tamez

Pulido

CALDWELL, N.J. - Caldwell College freshman Marisa Tamez (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley) was chosen the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Softball Player of the Week for the week ending Apr. 12, the league announced Monday. Additionally, sophomore Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff) was named the CACC Pitcher of the Week. The duo helped the Cougars win all six of their games last week.

Tamez came through in the clutch for the Cougars in a come-from-behind victory over Adelphi University on Apr. 9. With the Cougars trailing 8-7 with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Tamez hit a two-run single with the bases loaded to give Caldwell a 9-8 win. The hit, combined with a three-run home run by junior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos), completed a five-run seventh inning that began with the Cougars trailing 8-4. Tamez, who was 3-for-3 with five runs batted in in that game, also went 2-for-3 in a 5-0 victory over the Panthers in the first game. For the week, Tamez batted .643 (9-for-14) with two doubles and nine RBI.

Pulido made four starts last week, going 3-0 with an earned run average of 0.61. She began the week with a complete-game, 4-1 victory at Pace on Apr. 7, matching her career best with eight strikeouts. In a 5-1 win against Post on Apr. 8, Pulido allowed just three hits and one run while fanning five in seven innings. Then in the first game against Adelphi, Pulido blanked the Panthers on two hits with three strikeouts to win 5-0. Pulido did not walk a batter in 23 innings last week while fanning 17. She currently is 9-2 with an ERA of 1.38.

The Cougars host Bloomfield College on Tuesday, Apr. 14. The CACC doubleheader begins at 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

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