Junior shortstop Jessa Hoffman (Golden, Colo.) and junior first baseman Jessica Poracky (Ramsey, N.J.) have both earned more post-season honors for the Middlebury College softball team. Poracky was a second-team New England NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) All-Region choice, while Hoffman was a third-team selection. Poracky was also an honorable mention honoree by the N.E. Softball Coaches Association. 

The Middlebury College softball team placed five players on the NESCAC All-Conference team, matching the school-record for post-season league honors set in 2005. Junior shortstop Jessa Hoffman (Golden, Colo.) is now a three-time All-NESCAC selection, earning NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. Sophomore pitcher Elizabeth Morris (Kenilworth, Ill.) added a first-team nod to her second-team selection from 2011. 

Middlebury saw its hopes of a second straight NESCAC title come to an end as the Panthers fell 2-1 to Tufts at Amherst in the championship. Allyson Fournier pitched another gem for the Jumbos, striking out 17 batters to lead Tufts to the victory.

The Middlebury softball team advanced to the NESCAC Championship for the second straight year with a pair of wins on Saturday. The Panthers will defend their crown against Tufts, who defeated them 2-0 in eight innings on Friday, on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. A Middlebury victory would lead to a second game immediately following.

Tufts first-year pitcher Allyson Fournier threw her third perfect game of the year and sophomore Jo Clair belted a walk-off home run to lead Tufts past Middlebury in eight innings on the first day of the 2012 NESCAC Softball Championship Friday afternoon at Amherst.