HADLEY, Mass. -- Amherst College sophomore Randi Finkelstein (Merrick, N.Y.) was chosen as the New England Small College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for play ending Sunday, May 1st. 

Finkelstein played a key role in the Mammoths' 3-0 sweep of NESCAC West rival Wesleyan last week, batting .625 (5-for-8) with six RBI and four runs scored. She had two doubles, a triple, and a home run. In the first game of the series, she hit a one-out, bottom of the seventh three-run walk-off home run to give Amherst a 3-2 win. In game two, she had an RBI-single in the second inning for a 1-0 lead and a two-run double in the sixth to turn a 6-4 lead into an 8-4 advantage in an eventual 10-4 win. In game three, she scored both Mammoth runs and had a triple in a 2-0 victory that allowed the Mammoths to win the Little 3 Championship and finish first in the NESCAC West Division.

She also fielded nine chances with seven putouts and two assists without committing an error at second base.

Finkelstein is currently hitting .338 with a .457 on-base percentage and a .692 slugging percentage. She is tied for the team lead in doubles and home runs and leads the team in triples. Her 20 RBIs are second on the Mammoths, as are her 19 runs scored. 

Amherst (21-7) finished the regular-season in first place in the NESCAC's West Division and will face Bowdoin in a NESCAC Tournament quarterfinal Friday at 5 p.m. in a game played at host Tufts University.