SUNY Cortland senior softball second baseman Lucia Meola (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) has been named to the 2013 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III All-America Team. The announcement was made prior to the NCAA Div. III World Series last Thursday in Eau Claire, Wis.

Meola was named to the All-America third team for the third consecutive year. She earned the honor as a third baseman as a sophomore and as a second baseman both in 2012 and this spring.

Meola, a starter in all 52 games this spring, batted a team-high .440 with 16 doubles, three homers, 33 RBI, 42 runs scored and 31 walks. She also recorded a .969 fielding percentage with just seven errors in 228 total chances. Meola set a school single-season record with her 31 walks, her 70 hits are fourth-best in school history and her 16 doubles are tied for fourth.

In her four-year career with the Red Dragons, Meola played in 196 games, 194 as a starter. She batted .385 with 46 doubles, six triples, eight homers, 121 RBI, 155 runs scored and 82 walks. Meola is Cortland’s career leader in walks, ranks second in hits (230), doubles and runs, is tied for second in games played and ranks fourth in RBI.

Cortland finished second nationally at the NCAA Div. III World Series for the program’s best-ever showing. The Red Dragons began the season with an 8-10 record, but won 27 of their final 34 games to complete the year 35-17. Cortland finished second in the SUNYAC regular season, but won four straight games to win the league’s postseason tournament and earn an NCAA tournament berth. The Red Dragons then won the NCAA Ithaca Regional with a 4-1 record and finished 3-2 at the World Series for their runner-up finish.

NFCA DIII All-America Team