Montclair State University
Softball Player Profile

MEGAN
TANTUM

Catcher
Senior
5-7 - R/R
Ewing, NJ
Ewing


2007 SEASON: Appeared and started all 46 games at catcher... Named First-Team All-NJAC and Third-Team NFCA All-East Region...Finished second on the team with 31 RBI and tied for third with four home runs... Was 1-for-3 with two RBI in a 12-0 win over Ohio Wesleyan on March 14... Wend 5-for-6 with four runs scored, two home runs and five RBI in victories against Albion and New England College on March 15... Was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI versus John Jay on March 27... Was 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader with Richard Stockton on March 31... Was 1-for-2 with a three-run homer and four RBI versus The College of New Jersey on April 14... Was 2-for-4 with two RBI against Drew University on April 17... Was 2-for-3 with a run scored in a 7-6 win over Rowan on Arpil 28... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI against William Paterson in the NJAC Tournament on May 4... Was 1-for-3 with an RBI in MSU's 2-0 win over Ramapo in the NCAA Division III Montclair, NJ Regional on May 12.

2006 SEASON: Started all 46 games at catcher…Awarded NJAC Honorable Mention…Contributed 40 hits and 32 RBI with seven doubles and two home runs…Tied an MSU single-game record with four walks and scored three runs and had an RBI in the 14-2 win against Regis College…Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the 4-1 win against Defiance College on March 12 th…Collected two hits, drove in a run and scored once in the 10-1 win against Bowdoin College on March 16 th…Hit an RBI single in the nine-inning 4-3 victory over Western New England…Had two hits, two RBI and scored twice in the 19-0 win against John Jay College on March 28 th…Hit an RBI double, singled and scored a run in the 5-2 win over Hunter on April 6 th…Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI in the 8-0 shutout victory against Rutgers-Newark on April 11 th…Doubled and singled in the 12-0 win against New Jersey City…D rove in four runs in the doubleheader sweep on Baruch on April 20 th…Singled and scored the winning run in the 4-3 victory over Richard Stockton on April 24 th to give Head Coach Anita Kubicka her 500 th win…Provided the only run of the game with a leadoff home run in the 4 th inning of the 1-0 victory over Rowan on May 6 th in the NJAC tournament…Hit her second home run of the day, singled and scored a run against Ramapo in the NJAC tournament on May 6 th…Doubled home the game-winning run in the ECAC nine-inning, 5-4 victory over College Misercordia on May 14 th

2005 SEASON: Started all 38 games at catcher … Led Montclair State in fielding chances, putouts, sacrifice flies and runners caught stealing, and tied for first in triples … Third on team in at-bats, doubles and total bases, fourth in hits, home runs, total plate appearances, batting average and slugging percentage (.464) and fifth in RBI … Posted nine games with two or more hits, and four games with 10 or more putouts ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, a home run and an RBI in season opener against Kenyon (Mar. 12) … Drove in a run in each win over Drew, on a sac fly in the opener and on a home run in the rematch (Mar. 30) … Had 10 putouts and season-high three assists vs. Hunter (Mar. 31) … Was 2-for-5 with two RBI at Rowan (Apr. 4) … Batted 3-for-3 with two RBI and had nine putouts in nightcap tie at Staten Island (Apr. 12) … Finished 2-for-3 with two RBI in opener vs. William Paterson and tripled in nightcap (Apr. 19) … Had one hit apiece in back-to-back outings against Hunter to complete eight-game hitting streak (Apr. 21) … Went 2-for-4 with a run in second game vs. Rutgers-Newark and recorded a season-high 12 putouts   (Apr. 26) … Batted 4-for-5 in sweep of Baruch with two doubles in second game (Apr. 28) … Went 2-for-4 in opener against Kean to complete four-game string of two-hit games (May 1) … Finished 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run and a stolen base in ECAC South opener against Hunter (May 14) … Tripled and drove in a run in ECAC Championship game victory over Westminster (May 15).

2004 SEASON: Started all but one game in first campaign as MSU catcher ... Named Second-Team All-NJAC... Third in NJAC in runners thrown out ... Second on team in putouts, tied for third in home runs and was fifth in RBIs ... Had eight hits in 10 Florida games (Mar. 14-19) ... Notched first career hit, triple and two RBIs vs. Fontbonne (Mar. 14) ... Went 1-for-3 with first career run and season-high nine putouts against Cazenovia (Mar. 15) ... Had two RBIs and hit first career home run in win over Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Mar. 18) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run in back-to-back games (Mar. 18-19) ... Was 2-for-2 with two runs in NJCU opener (Mar. 30) ... Was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in Stockton rematch (Apr. 3) ... Three hits and 14 putouts in sweep of John Jay (Apr. 8) ... Batted 3-for-6 with three RBIs, one run and a home run at hometown TCNJ (Apr. 10) ... Finished 3-for-4 in first Staten Island game (Apr. 15) ... Singled in four straight games (Apr. 20-22) ... Nine putouts in opener vs. Hunter (Apr. 22) Was 1-for-1 with two sacrifices an RBI in second Scranton game (Apr. 27) ... Had one hit and eight putouts in ECAC South opener vs. Pitt-Bradford (May 8).


CAREER STATISTICS
Year       Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%
2004....  .261  43-43   119    9   31   2   1   3   14   44  .370
2005....  .309  38-38   110   10   34   7   2   2   17   51  .464
2006....  .313  46-46   128   22   40   7   1   2   32   55  .430
2007....  .283  46-46   138   20   39   3   1   4   31   56  .406
TOTAL...  .291 173-173  495   61  144  19   5  11   94  206  .416
 
Year       BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2004....    3   0  29   1  .279   0   4   0-0    230  18   3  .988
2005....    7   0  15   1  .345   2   4   1-1    239  27   4  .985
2006....   13   2  13   1  .377   3   8   2-2    255  16   5  .982
2007....    8   3  19   0  .333   1   4   1-1    286  13   5  .984
TOTAL...   31   5  76   3  .335   6  20   4-4   1010  74  17  .985



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