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Montville Senior Signs with Hofstra University

Megan Patierno holds the school record for career home runs and will play softball for Hofstra in the fall of 2014.

As Montville students prepare for college, several are signing letters of intent. One Mustang recently signed with Hofstra University for fall of 2014.

Megan Patierno, a senior softball player signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at Hofstra. “Patierno is a 4-year varsity starter at shortstop and has been one of the most feared hitters in Morris County the last three seasons,” said Paul Pignatello, Montville School District Athletic director.

Patierno had a .321 career batting average with 85 RBIs and she holds the school record for career home-runs (16) and is tied for the single-season record with 10. She's a 2-time, First Team All NJAC Conference performer, and last spring she was named First Team All-County, and Second Team All-Group III.

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In the summer, Patierno plays club softball for the Newtown Rock Gold, one of the elite teams in the Northeast.

And she does all this while holding a 3.51 grade point average. Patierno will be joining an impressive institution.

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Hofstra ended the 2013 season with a 46-13 record while setting the program-standard for single-season wins, besting the previous mark of 45 held by both the 2008 and 2010 squads, according to Pignatello. The Pride also secured its second straight Colonial Athletic Association tournament crown (10th in the last 12 years) and its 11th all-time CAA regular-season title.

In the NCAA Tournament the Pride posted a 3-2 mark, topping Oregon State twice and forcing an elimination game against No. 8 Missouri via a 10-0 (five in.) rout before falling in the regional title game, said Pignatello.


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