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2019 Softball

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16 Sarah Cwiertnia

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Santa Margarita
  • Hometown Villa Park, Calif.

Biography

*  Finished career ranked No. 8 in program history in batting average (.344) and No. 8 in RBI (78).

2019 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Second-team All-Ivy … Hit third in the order … Helped the Quakers to a No. 14 ranking in the nation in batting average …Her 49 hits tied for the best on the team and are tied for the tenth most in a single season … Her 49 hits and 11 doubles were the fourth most overall in the Ivy League … Led the team in doubles (11) … One of seven Quakers to hit multiple home runs (2) … Recorded 12 multi-hit games …Recorded a hitting streak of 13 consecutive games (3/23-4/13) which is the third longest in program history … Went 2-for-3 at the plate with two doubles against Penn State to help earn the Quakers’ second win against a Power-5 conference team in program history (3/6) … Went 3-for-4 at the plate against Harvard (3/24) … Hit three-run home run against Dartmouth (3/29) … Went 3-for-6 at the plate with four RBI and a career-high three doubles against Dartmouth (3/30) … Went 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI against Princeton (4/13).

2018 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Started all 26 games she appeared in ... Averaged .330 at the plate ... One of five batters on the team to have more than 30 hits ... Ranked third on team with 19 RBI ... Ranked tenth in RBI in the Ivy League during conference play ... Recorded two home runs ... Started season batting 13-of-19 at the plate ... Tied career high four RBI in wins over Brown (3/31) and Princeton (4/27)  ...  Hit home run against Dartmouth (3/24) ... Hit home run against Princeton (4/27) ... Fielded .978 at first base.

2017 (Game-by-Game in PDF): Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Won the team’s Offensive Player of the Year award ... Appeared in 39 contests, including 35 starts ... Led the Quakers with 29 RBI ... Ranked fourth on the team with a .333 batting average ... Recorded two home runs  ... Twice named to the Ivy League’s weekly honor roll (3/27 & 4/23) ... Recorded a ninth-inning walk-off single to defeat Dartmouth (4/2). 

2016 (Game-by-Game in PDF)Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Appeared in 35 games, making 31 starts  ... Ranked second on the team with a .347 batting average ... Ranked third on the team in slugging percentage (.480) ... Ended the season with six doubles, two triples and 12 RBI ... Posted an 11-game hitting streak(4/17-4/30) ... Made first career start versus Providence on (3/4) ... Launched first career home run against Princeton (4/17) ... Went 6-for-11 with three doubles and 4 RBI in a four-game series at Princeton (4/16-4/17) ... Ended season by going 6-for-14 with three runs scored in a four-game series against Columbia (4/29-4/30). 

High School: Four-year softball letterman and team captain at Santa Margarita Catholic High School ... Two-time All-Trinity League First Team selection and Offensive Player of the Year ... Four-time recipient of the Academic Athlete Award ... Named Trinity League Academic Athlete of the Year (2015) ... Four-year member of the California Scholarship Federation.

Personal: Daughter of Lynnette and Douglas Cwiertnia ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Career Highs
Hitting
Hits: 4, Twice (Last: vs Columbia April 17, 2019)
Doubles: 3 at Dartmouth, March 20, 2019
RBI's: 4, Four times (Last: at Dartmouth, March 30, 2019)

Hitting Streak: 13 (3/23/19-04/13/19)
Reached Base Streak: 15 (03/20/19-04/13/19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2016Freshman

    INF
    5'7"
    16
  • 16

    2017Sophomore

    INF
    5'7"
    16
  • 16

    2018Junior

    3B/1B
    5'7"
    16
  • 16

    2019Senior

    3B/1B
    5'7"
    16