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Abby Norton from Old Colony won the Softball Player of the Week poll for April 13-19 with over 8,000 votes. She achieved a standout performance in a game against Bourne, contributing significantly to her team's success.
The winner of last week’s Softball Player of the Week poll was Old Colony’s Abby Norton. She had more than 8,000 votes (63%) to receive the honor.
In a win over Bourne, Norton went 2-for-3 with a triple, 2 runs scored and an RBI.
The previous winner was GNB Voc-Tech’s Leah Perez.
The winner of the Preseason Softball Player of the Year poll was Old Colony’s Madison Canton with more than 10,000 votes (50%). Fairhaven’s Brianna Pierce was second followed by Wareham’s Jolee Anderson.
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In three combined games, Fiano had a combined 1 hit, 6 walks, RBI and 2 runs scored.
In a win over Bourne, Gussis pitched 3 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-2 with a double, walk and run scored.
In a pair of games against Bourne and Dartmouth, Suneson went a combined 4-for-6 with a walk, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
In a pair of wins over Bourne and Dartmouth, Taylor pitched a combined 9 scoreless innings, allowing a combined 2 hits and 2 walks with 19 strikeouts. She also pitched 7 innings against GNB Voc-Tech, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits and 1 walk with 13 strikeouts. She also went a combined 3-for-6 at the plate with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs against Bourne and Dartmouth.
Chasse pitched her first career shutout against Arlington Catholic. She also pitched a complete game, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits against St. Mary’s.
Abby Norton from Old Colony won the Softball Player of the Week for April 13-19.
Abby Norton received more than 8,000 votes, accounting for 63% of the total.
In the game against Bourne, Abby Norton went 2-for-3 with a triple, scored 2 runs, and had 1 RBI.
The previous winner was Leah Perez from GNB Voc-Tech.

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Peckham went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs against St. Mary’s and had a sacrifice fly against Arlington Catholic.
Caffrey hit her second home run of the season in a win over Durfee.
In two games, Lancaster went a combined 5-for-9 with 5 RBIs.
In a win over Old Rochester, Rapoza went 4-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBIs.
Silva went 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs against Old Rochester.
Thomas went a combined 3-for-9 with 5 RBIs in two games and was the winning pitcher against Durfee.
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Pierce threw a five-inning, no-hitter with 1 walk and 12 strikeouts in a win over Durfee. She also had 2 hits and 1 RBI. Against D-R, she had 8 strikeouts and 10 strikeouts against West Bridgewater.
In three games, Zangao had a combined 4 hits and 5 RBIs.
Asci had a two-out, three-run home run against Case.
Machado had a combined 5 hits in three games.
In three games, Pereira had a combined 5 hits.
DeDeus had a combined 3 hits in two games.
In two games, Mattos had a combined 3 hits.
Delancey pitched a complete-game win over Blue Hills, allowing 5 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits and 3 walks with 8 strikeouts. She also pitched 5 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 1 hit and 5 walks with 5 strikeouts against Avon. Delancey was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, run scored and 3 RBIs against Avon.
In a pair of games against Blue Hills and Avon, Servis went a combined 5-for-6 with a double, 2 triples, 5 runs scored and 2 RBIs.
Against Avon, Norton went 3-for-3 with a home run, 3 runs scored, a walk, an RBI and 3 stolen bases. She also went 3-for-4 with 2 stolen bases, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored against Avon.
Against West Bridgewater, Buckingham went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs, a triple and 5 RBIs.
Surace went 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBIs against Dartmouth.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Vote SouthCoast Softball Player of Week April 13-19 2026