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TROY, N.Y. – The Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III All-Region Teams have been announced and two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes were selected to the All-Northeast Region squad. Junior Jen Bach was named to the First Team, while freshman Gillian McCarthy was Third Team selection. As a First Team honoree, Bach is now eligible for National All-America consideration.

A native of Lansdale, Pa., Bach started all 38 games for the Engineers, with a Liberty League-best .431 batting average on 56 hits in 130 at bats. She had six doubles, a triple and a team-best 12 home runs for 100 total bases. She boasted a slugging percentage of .769 and an on-base percentage of .460. The Liberty League Player of the Year, she also scored 31 runs with a team-high 39 RBI.

Bach, who was also a unanimous selection to the All-Liberty League First Team, led the Liberty League in batting average, hits, home runs, total bases and slugging percentage and ranked second in on-base percentage. She ranks 11th nationally in home runs and became RPI's all-time leader in home runs (28) in April. Also RPI's leading fielder, Bach did not commit an error in 38 games, with 106 putouts and 27 assists on the season.

As a pitcher, Bach was 9-9 overall, appearing in 30 games with a 4.12 earned run average. She posted a team-best 92 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .287 batting average in a team-high 134.1 innings of work. The Gwynedd Mercy Academy graduate also had 13 complete games to her credit.

A Liberty League Performer of the Week twice and Pitcher of the Week honoree once, Bach is a two-time All-Region honoree, having been named to the Second Team in 2008. She has garnered All-League honors in each of her three seasons. She was the Honorable Mention designated player as a sophomore and a unanimous First Team selection and the conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman.

McCarthy, a Worthington, Ohio native, was named an at-large Third Team selection as a utility player, batting .371 as a starter in all 38 games. In addition to 49 hits in team-best 132 at-bats, she has a team-high 10 doubles and 35 RBI, with a triple and five home runs.

A graduate of Thomas Worthington High School, McCarthy finished third in the Liberty League in doubles and RBI. She ranked fourth in hits and total bases. The conference's Rookie of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-League First Team, McCarthy was a four-time Rookie of the Week selection this season.

The softball team finished its season with a 19-18-1 mark, including 4-4 record in Liberty League play, advancing to the Championship Round of the first ever Liberty League Tournament.