Vote for the Softball Player of the Week for May 18-25
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The winner of last week’s Softball Player of the Week poll was Bishop Stang’s Mariaelena Thomas. She had more than 4,000 votes (45%) to receive the honor.
In a win over Arlington Catholic, Thomas went 3-for-5 with a single, double, triple, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
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Previous winners were Bishop Stang’s Olivia Megna, Dartmouth’s Addy Thomas, GNB Voc-Tech’s Leah Perez and Khloe Pereira, New Bedford’s Brylee DeDeus and Old Colony’s Abby Norton.
Each week during the regular season, we will highlight the top performances.
Here’s your chance to vote for the top high school softball performance from the past week.
Editor’s note: Voting will end at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 31.
Abby Burnap, Apponequet
Burnap went a combined 3-for-5 with 3 walks, a home run, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in two games.
Gabby DelVecchio, Apponequet
In two games, DelVecchio was a combined 3-for-7 with an RBI and 2 runs scored.
Reese Taylor, Apponequet
Taylor pitched a pair of complete-game shutouts over Middleboro and Fairhaven, allowing a combined 4 hits and 5 walks with 27 strikeouts.
Sophia Brousseau, Bishop Stang
In a pair of wins over Old Rochester and Barnstable, Brousseau went a combined 5-for-7 with a walk and 3 RBIs.
Sophia Morales, Bishop Stang
Morales went a combined 7-for-11 with 2 walks, a triple, an RBI and 6 runs scored in three games.
Ava Teixeira, Bishop Stang
Teixeira was a combined 6-for-8 with 2 doubles, a home run, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored in a pair of wins over Old Rochester. Against Bishop Fenwick, she was 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI.
Mariaelena Thomas, Bishop Stang
Thomas went a combined 8-for-12 with 12 RBIs in three wins for Stang.
Abby Lancaster, Dartmouth
In a win over Durfee, Lancaster drove in 4 runs on 2 hits, including a home run.
Kasey Pomfret, Dartmouth
In a win over Barnstable, Pomfret went 2-for-3 with a walk, 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored. She also picked up the win on the mound, allowing 1 run on 2 hits and no walks with 7 strikeouts over 4 innings. She also had 5 strikeouts in a win over Durfee.
Emma Silva, Dartmouth
Silva was 3-for-3 in a loss to New Bedford.
Emma Machado, GNB Voc-Tech
In a win over Seekonk, Machado went 2-for-4 with 5 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
Khloe Pereira, GNB Voc-Tech
In three games, Pereira had a combined 6 hits, including a grand slam and home run. She also had 4 RBIs and 5 runs scored.
Ryleigh Reis, GNB Voc-Tech
Reis picked up the win in the State Vocational Large School Semifinals over Diman, allowing 7 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks with 8 strikeouts over 7 innings.
Akiira’Ley Vazquez, GNB Voc-Tech
Vazquez had a combined 14 strikeouts in a pair of games against Diman and Seekonk. She also went 2-for-4 with a home run and RBI against B-R and was 2-for-3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored against Seekonk.
Gianna Almeida, New Bedford
In a pair of games against Somerset Berkley and Falmouth, Almeida had a combined 6 hits.
Ivy Mattos, New Bedford
Mattos scored the lone run in New Bedford’s 1-0 win over Bridgewater-Raynham. She also had a combined 6 hits in the Whalers’ other three games.
Maura McEvoy, New Bedford
McEvoy pitched a 7-inning shutout, allowing 8 hits with 1 walk and 1 strikeout over Bridgewater-Raynham. McEvoy drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly. She also pitched a 2-hitter with 8 strikeouts against Falmouth.
Madison Caton, Old Colony
Caton had a combined 6 hits, including a home run, 7 RBIs and 5 runs scored in three games.
Sharon Delancey, Old Colony
In a win over Upper Cape, Delancey pitched 6 innings, allowing 5 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits with 10 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and 3 RBIs.
Lindsay Sumner, Old Colony
In three games, Sumner went a combined 7-for-11 with 3 walks, 7 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
Claudia Surace, Old Rochester
In a win over Bourne, Surace went 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBIs while striking out 12 on the mound.
Jolee Anderson, Wareham
In a win over Holbrook, Anderson was 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI and had 16 strikeouts on the mound.
Olivia LaCava, Wareham
LaCava was 3-for-4 with an RBI against Holbrook.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: Vote SouthCoast Softball Player of Week May 18-25 2026