CM grad Fisher earns AMCC softball weekly awards

NORTH BOSTON, N.Y. – Penn State Altoona swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s weekly softball awards on Monday, as freshman pitcher Alyssa Fisher (Lock Haven, PA/Central Mountain) took Pitcher of the Week honors and sophomore utility player Cameryn Feathers (Martinsburg, PA/Central) was named the conference’s Player of the Week and Feathers and Fisher helped Penn State Altoona go 4-0 last week, improving to 5-1 in the AMCC following doubleheader sweeps of conference opponents Pitt-Greensburg and Medaille College.

Fisher was victorious in both of her starts in the circle last week. In game two against Pitt-Greensburg, the freshman right-hander pitched five shutout innings, allowing only four hits and one walk. In the second game of the doubleheader at Medaille, she limited the first-place Mavericks to just one earned run on three hits and two walks over five innings, and she struck out two batters.

In two starts last week, Fisher was 2-0 with two complete games – including one shutout – and yielded just one earned run over 10 innings for a 0.70 earned run average. She held her opponents to seven hits and three walks while recording two strikeouts. This is Fisher’s first collegiate AMCC Pitcher of the Week recognition.

Penn State Altoona softball is 11-8 overall this season, including a 5-1 mark in the AMCC. The Lions’ next scheduled games are at home this Wednesday, April 20, when the team will host nearby conference rival Mount Aloysius College for a 3 p.m. doubleheader.