Gendron and Del Ponte Named to BIG EAST Softball All-Tournament Team

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 10, 2008) - Following the conclusion of the BIG EAST softball tournament Saturday, the conference announced that Allie Gendron (Belchertown, Mass.) and Danielle Del Ponte (Tewksbury, Mass.) had been named to the All-Tournament team.

Gendron had a strong finish to her Husky career in the tournament. In two games, she went 5-for-8 with three RBI and two runs scored. She hit two home runs in the tournament, after having hit only one throughout the regular season. In the bottom of the seventh inning of the quarterfinal game against Syracuse Thursday, Gendron hit the single that tied the game at five and allowed the Huskies to eventually win in nine innings.

Del Ponte hit .500 in the tournament, going 4-for-8. She also had four RBI and one run scored. Her big blow was a three-run home run hit against Syracuse in the bottom of the third Thursday.

After defeating Connecticut in the semifinals Friday, DePaul won the BIG EAST tournament with a 4-1 victory over USF on Saturday. Blue Demon pitcher Becca Heteniak was named the tournament's most outstanding player.

UConn reached the BIG EAST semifinals for the first time since 2001 and its 28 wins was the most since that same campaign.