MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week
Jania Long (Eastern / Sr., P / Deptford, N.J.) continued her tremendous season in the circle this past week, remaining perfect with a pair of wins over Rosemont and Widener. She threw a combined perfect game with Bryn Clifford in a 7-0 win in the first game against Rosemont on Tuesday. The senior recorded a pair of strikeouts while inducing one flyout and six groundouts in three perfect innings of work. It was the first perfect game for Eastern since 2008. On Saturday against Widener, Long recorded her sixth win of the season, allowing four hits and just one earned run to go along with four strikeouts in a 13-1 win in game two of the doubleheader. For the season so far, Long has posted a career-low 0.99 ERA and has allowed just four earned runs in 28.1 innings of work.