NEWARK, DE -- University of Delaware sophomore second baseman Allison Borchers was named to the All Mid-Atlantic Region Softball First Team while junior pitcher Carolynn Sloat earned second team honors on Wednesday.

Borchers (above right), who was named to the All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team last week, led the Blue Hens this season with a .382 batting average, 73 hits, 36 runs scored, seven triples and 105 total bases. She set the school single-season records for hits and total bases this year, and tied the single-season runs mark.

Borchers, who also set a school record by hitting in 15 straight games from April 5 through April 26, had a team-high 21 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with nine multi-RBI games. Borchers hit safely in 43 of 57 games this season, including a 4 for 4 performance against UMBC on March 8. She posted three hits in seven games this year, and drove home five runs versus Norfolk State on March 12.

Despite playing just two seasons at Delaware, Borchers already ranks seventh in school history with 65 RBI, is tied for 11th with 123 hits, and is 14th with 63 runs scored. She is also tied for sixth with six home runs, is tied for ninth with nine triples and ranks 11th with 169 total bases.

Sloat (below right), who was also a second team all-region selection in 2004 as a freshman, becomes the third player in school history to earn all-region honors twice. She went 19-16 with a 1.85 earned run average this season while posting 180 strikeouts and seven shutouts. She fired consecutive shutouts against Delaware State and St. Francis (PA) on March 18 and 19, and also blanked Cornell, Penn, Delaware State, La Salle and Bucknell.

Sloat ranks second on the Blue Hen single-season lists with 37 appearances, 238.0 innings pitched, 19 wins and 180 strikeouts. Her 28 complete games are tied for the school single-season record which she set in 2004, while her seven shutouts are tied for fourth in school history. She is Delaware’s career leader with 670.0 innings pitched, and is tied for first with 78 complete games. Sloat ranks second in Delaware history with 112 appearances, 53 wins, 21 shutouts and 498 strikeouts, and is tied for second with six saves.

All Mid-Atlantic Region Softball First Team
P - Lisa Sweeney, Lehigh
P - Kayleigh Lotti, Hofstra
P - Megan Rigos, Marist
C - Mary Wieder, Lehigh
1B - Melanie Denischuk, UMBC
2B - Allison Borchers, Delaware
3B - Tara Ulrich, Hofstra
SS - Katie Miranto, Canisius
OF - Ashley Lane, Hofstra
OF - Jo Sherlock, St. John’s
OF - Kate Marvel, Lehigh
DP - Lauren Litts, Bucknell
UT - Randi Gillespie, Long Island

All Mid-Atlantic Region Softball Second Team
P - Carolynn Sloat, Delaware
P - Jenny Giles, Long Island
C - Lauren Lupinetti, St. John’s
1B - Ashlee Smith, Robert Morris
2B - Annie Kinsey, Penn
3B - Chrystine McHugh, Marist
SS - Elana Myers, George Washington
SS - LaPorscha Albert, Colgate
SS - Christina Khosravi, Penn
OF - Julie Sterrett, Lehigh
OF - Nikki Posey, Army
OF - Diana Gomez, Delaware State
DP - Stephanie Reichert, Penn
UT - Ashlee Veilleux, Drexel