Ashley Forgues, Softball

Junior second basemen Ashley Forgues (Fitchburg, Mass./Fitchburg) collects her first Soaring Falcon honor of the season after guiding the Fitchburg State softball team to a 3-7 record to start the 2013 campaign at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Florida.

The second year Falcon hit .355 with 11 hits, eight runs scored, five RBI and ten stolen bases over the course of ten games. Forgues went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and four steals in Fitchburg State's 8-6 setback to Sage College on Sunday afternoon before collecting three hits including a triple, three runs scored and a pair of RBI in the Falcons 10-2 victory over Albion College on Monday. Ashley capped the week with a 2-for-4 performance (one run, two steals) in Fitchburg State's 7-1 win against Waynesburg College on Friday.

The Fitchburg State Softball team returns to action on Tuesday as it visits the Engineers of WPI for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. (Game with be played at Fitchburg State with WPI as the home team)