RELEASE DATE: 5/19/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HEATHER LONG NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL – NANCY QUINN AND TRICIA BAILEY EARN SECOND TEAM HONORS

 
MANSFIELD – Heather Long (Pottstown/Pottsgrove) was named to All-Mid- Atlantic Regional First Team honors while teammates Nancy Quinn (Merritt Island,FL/Merritt Island) and Tricia Bailey (Canton/Canton) were named to Second Team honors in voting conducted among the head softball coaches in NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Region.

Long finished her distinguished career as an outfielder where she was the only Mountaineer to start all 38 games this season. Long led the team, and ranked 13^th in the PSAC in batting with a .384 average. In 99 at-bats this season, she had a team best 38 hits including 13 doubles, two triples and three home runs. She accounted for a team best 25 RBI’s while scoring 28 times

Quinn earned her second straight All-Mid-Atlantic Regional Second Team selection as the designated player. A three-time All-PSAC East selection, Quinn appeared In 36 games this season with 33 hits in 96 at-bats for a .344 average. The senior had seven doubles and a triple while driving in 20 runs.

Bailey was a All-PSAC East First Team selection at third base earlier this month. She started 35 games for the Mountaineers this season. In 103 at-bats, the junior rapped out 35 hits for a .340 batting average including nine doubles, two triples and a home run. She also drove in 21 runs while scoring 24 times.

The Mid-Atlantic Region is comprised of 24 teams from Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia.

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