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2015 (Senior): Saw action in 10 games, scoring one run and driving in another… Scored a run at Campbell (Mar. 8)… Walked twice against Illinois Chicago (Mar. 15)… Was hit by a pitch at Manhattan (Apr. 12)… Two runs scored and the game ended on the mercy rule when Niagara’s first baseman couldn’t handle her ground ball in the bottom of the fifth on May 3.

2014 (Junior): Appeared in 10 games, including two starts behind the plate… Hit .214 with three singles and a hit-by-pitch… Threw out an attempted base stealer at Saint Joseph’s (Apr. 2)… Had a base hit in her first start for the Hawks at George Mason (Mar. 8)… Was hit by a pitch in her only plate appearance against Utah State (Mar. 15)… Had base hits in each of her last two games played, going 1-for-1 against Penn (Apr. 23) and 1-for-4 in Game 2 at Niagara (Apr. 26).

Before Monmouth: Played two seasons at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College… Earned All-Conference, All-Region and All-State as a senior at Holbrook… Named team Most Valuable Player in 2010 after hitting .531 with nine home runs, 57 RBI’s and compiling a .989 slugging percentage.

Personal: Born in Flagstaff, Ariz. … The daughter of Margarita and Timothy Newton-Pender… A sociology major and criminal justice minor.