UMass Lowell Athletics

UMass Lowell softball junior Tori Alcorn (Lowell, Mass.) earned her first career River Hawk of the Week selection for her performance in six games from April 18-24.
 
Alcorn recorded a team-best .500 batting average to lead the River Hawks to a 3-3 record last week, including their first two America East victories of the year against Hartford. She totaled 10 hits with two doubles, and scored five times. With at least one hit in each outing, she extends her current reached base streak to 11 games, good for the team’s longest streak this season. Also solid on defense, the second baseman had a perfect fielding percentage for the week.
 
The junior helped the team to a 3-2 victory in game one at Central Connecticut State on April 19, logging her second hit of the contest before scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh.
 
Later in the week in a tough, extra-innings setback against Boston University on April 21, she tallied a season-high five putouts, in addition to going 2-for-3 (.667) at the plate. She also registered two hits in both ends of a doubleheader against Hartford on April 23 with the winning run in the ninth inning of game two.
 
So far this season, Alcorn is first on the squad with a .343 average and 28 runs scored. She has also earned 27 walks in 2016 to sit second all-time at UMass Lowell.
 
The "River Hawk of the Week" is chosen each week in voting by the UMass Lowell Athletic Communications staff. It honors the top athlete, male or female, based on performance during the previous week of competition.
 
The River Hawks return to action on Wednesday, April 27 when the squad visits Bryant for a 4 p.m. tilt.