Maranda Runco Selected to Second Straight Academic All-Area Team
PHILADELPHIA -- For the fifth straight season, a Villanova softball player represented the squad on the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area list as junior Maranda Runco earned her second consecutive accolade on Wednesday morning. It was another impressive campaign for the slugger out of Olyphant, Pa., who was named a back-to-back All-BIG EAST First Team member after breaking the program's single season walks record at the plate. The Mid Valley graduate led the team in home runs (nine), RBI (37), slugging percentage (.547), on-base percentage (.463) and OPS (1.010), and also made 14 appearances on the mound with over 27 innings pitched....
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