Princeton University Athletics
Erin Snyder Named NFCA Second-Team All-Region
May 18, 2006 | Softball
PRINCETON, N.J. - Already the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in 2006, senior righthander Erin Snyder added another accolade to her resume Wednesday when she was included on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association's second-team all-region.
The region extended from the Northeast to Virginia and considered players from all Division I teams in that vast stretch, honoring 25 between its first and second teams.
During the regular season, Snyder carried a 17-5 record with 242 strikeouts, just seven walks (a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 34.6:1) and an ERA of 0.76, all career-bests. In 21 starts, she struck out a double-digit number of batters 14 times for a strikeouts-per-seven average of 12.2, fourth-best in Division I. She threw one no-hitter, a five-inning perfect game in a 16-0 thrashing of Yale April 9.
Snyder tore through the Ivy League with a 7-1 record. Even more amazingly, she struck out 94 batters and allowed only one walk in 47.2 innings. In six of her seven league starts, Snyder struck out a double-digit number of batters with a high of 19 of a possible 21 against Brown April 10. The only time she missed double-digits, she struck out nine Dartmouth hitters. Her efforts helped Princeton to its 16th Ivy title in 25 years and its seventh NCAA tournament bid in 13 years.
Snyder leads Princeton into the third NCAA appearance of her career Friday at Louisiana State.