Montclair State University
Softball Player Profile
CAROLYN
McCREA

Pitcher
Senior
5-7 - L/R
Jefferson Township, NJ
Jefferson

2008 SEASON: Appeared in 35 games with 27 starts…Named NFCA Division III All-America Second Team… Named NFCA Division III All-East Region First Team… Chosen NJAC Pitcher of the Year… Named First-Team All-NJAC… Named to ECAC Division III Metro Region All-Star Team… Named NJAC Pitcher of the Week for April 28 and May 6… Named ECAC Metro Pitcher of the Week for April 7… Set the single-season record, led the NJAC and ranked second in Division III in saves… Led the NJAC in ERA, strikeouts, wins, saves and appearances… Finished as the all-time leader in wins, strikeouts, saves, appearances and was second in shutouts; third in innings pitched and fourth in earned run average… Earned a save with two scoreless innings in a 12-7 win versus Emerson College at the Rebel Spring Games in Florida on March 15… Became the all-time strikeout leader as she fanned 10 in a one-hit shutout of Messiah in a 5-0 win in Florida on March 18… Pitched a tow-hut shutout with 10 strikeouts in MSU’s 2-0 win over St. Norbert in Florida on March 19… Pitched the sixth perfect game in school history striking out 13 in an 8-0 win against John jay on March 25… Fanned a season-high 15 batters in a four-hit shutout of DeSales University in a 2-0 win on March 27… Struck out 10 in six innings in the opener to earn a win and picked up a save as she struck out six in two innings in the nightcap in a sweep of Hunter College with an 8-5 win on April 3… Recorded her fourth save getting the final two outs as Montclair completed a sweep of Ramapo with a 3-1 win on April 8… Tossed a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in the opener and pitched a scoreless seventh inning in the nightcap to earn a save as Montclair swept Kean on April 19… Lifted Montclair State to the NJAC Championship as she defeated The College of New Jersey twice allowing four hits, including a no-hitter in the championship game, with 14 strikeouts on May 4… Set the career mark for wins with six shutout innings in a win over Springfield at the NCAA Plattsburgh Regional Tournament on May 9…

2007 SEASON: Appeared in 41 games with 32 starts... Named NFCA Division III First-Team All-America... Selected NFCA First-Team All-East Region... Named the NJAC Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-NJAC... Named the NFCA Division III Player of the Week for March 21... Posted a 30-7 record, tying the school record for victories while registering a 12 shutouts (the most since 1988)... Led Division III in pitching victories and finished third in saves and 53rd in earned run average... Set a single-season record with 223 strikeouts... A two-time NJAC and ECAC Pitcher of the Week. Threw the fifth perfect game in MSU history vs. John Jay on March 27... Won 14 straight decisions from March 13 to April 10... Recorded two long shutout streaks - a 27 consecutive scoreless innings over six-game span from March 13 to March 15 and a 28-inning scoreless streak from Apri 17 to April 21... Led the NJAC in innings pitched, strikeouts, wins and saves (3)... PItched a complete game and struck out 15 in a 5-2 win over Hunter on April 5... Struck out 13 in a 7-2 win versus New Endlgnad College on March 15... Tossed five consecutive shutouts in five starts while striking out 36 in wins over Drew (April 17), New Jersey City (April 19), Kean (April 21), William Paterson (April 25) and Rowan (april 28)... Went nine innings striming out eight in a 3-2 victory over Manhattanville in the NCAA Montclair Regional Tournament on May 10... Allowed just three hits in pickung up a three-hit shutout as MSU downed Staten Island, 3-1 in the NCAA Montclair, NJ Regional on May 11.. Threw a three-hit shutout with four strikeouts versus Ramapo in the NCAA Division III Montclair Regional on May 12... Named to the NCAA Division III Montclair Regional All-Tournament Team.

2006 SEASON: On the mound was 14-7 with a 1.88 ERA…Struck out 10 batters and allowed seven hits and one walk in the 6-1 victory over Heidelberg on March 11 th…Struck out a season-high 12 batters and allowed just two hits as MSU blanked Keene State College, 13-0 on March 14 th…Allowed only a single and one unearned run in the 10-1 win against Bowdoin College on March 16 th…Struck out six and allowed one hit on March 28 th in a 15-0 win against John Jay College…Shut out Drew University, 10-0, allowed just two hits, walked none and struck out four on March 30 th…Allowed five hits, struck out three and walked one in the 4-2 eight inning victory over Ramapo on April 10 th…Allowed a run and seven hits, struck out eight and walked none in the victory over Staten Island on April 13 th…Picked up two wins as MSU swept Rutgers-Newark, 13-4 and 8-0, on April 11 th…Tossed a three-hit shutout to eliminate Rowan University from the NJAC tournament in a 1-0 victory on May 6 th…Pitched the first seven innings of the nine inning ECAC win against College Misercordia on May 14 th allowing seven hits three runs and four strikeouts.

2005 SEASON: Two-time NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week … Missed first 12 games due to pre-season arm injury … Finished second on team in wins, games and innings pitched, winning percentage and strikeouts … Made MSU debut in pitching 5.2 innings with six strikeouts over two games at Ramapo (Apr. 6) … Earned first career victory and shutout with one-hitter and five strikeouts against John Jay (Apr. 7) … Tossed eight strikeouts in one-hit win at Richard Stockton (Apr. 9) … Earned NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week honors after going 2-0 with a 0.79 earned run average in four appearances … Had season-high nine strikeouts in no-decision tie at Staten Island (Apr. 12) … Recorded first career save in win over TCNJ (Apr. 16) … Had four straight appearances allowing just one hit (Apr. 21-28) … Tossed eight strikeouts each in back-to-back home wins over Rutgers-Newark and Baruch (Apr. 26-28) … Again named NJAC Rookie POTW after going 2-1 with a 2.32 earned run average with 20 strikeouts in four games combined (May 1) … Had three strikeouts in ECAC South win over top-seeded Westminster (May 14).


CAREER STATISTICS
Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%
2005....  .000  14-10     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000
2006....  .000  25-21     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000
2007....  .000  41-32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000
2008....  .000  35-27     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000
TOTAL...  .000 115-90     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0  .000
Year        BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2005....     0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0      4   5   0 1.000
2006....     0   0   2   0  .000   0   0   0-0      5  33   2  .950
2007....     0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0      8  45   0 1.000
2008....     0   0   0   0  .000   0   0   0-0     12  29   1  .976
TOTAL...     0   0   2   0  .000   0   0   0-0     29 112   3  .979
Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV     IP    H    R   ER 
2005....  1.92   6-2    14  10   5   2/1     1   62.0   51   24   17
2006....  1.88  14-7    25  21  14   4/3     0  134.1  109   63   36
2007....  1.58  30-7    41  32  30  12/1     3  239.2  178   61   54
2008....  0.95  24-4    35  27  17  10/5     5  183.1  115   30   25
TOTAL...  1.49  74-20  115  90  66  28/10    9  619.1  453  178  132
Year       BB   SO  2B  3B  HR    BF  B/Avg  WP HBP SFA SHA
2005....   19   59  11   1   1   256   .219   4   1   0   3
2006....   34  114  16   3   7   559   .212   4   1   4   6
2007....   54  223  27   7   8   960   .202   3   7   2  17
2008....   56  201  16   2   6   728   .177   2   7   1  15
TOTAL...  163  597  70  13  22  2503   .199  13  16   7  41



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