WAC Softball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week Announced
WAC Softball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week Announced
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DENVER – Seattle U's Bailey Thompson and Carley Nance have been named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Feb. 11-17. This is the first-ever honor for Thompson and the first honor of the season and third of her career for Nance.
Thompson, a sophomore catcher from Tucson, Ariz., hit .615 (8-for-13) with a 1.846 slugging percentage as she posted a double, five home runs and 11 RBIs as the Redhawks went 5-0 at the Rebel Classic for Seattle U's first 5-0 non-conference weekend since 2014. She also added six runs scored, three walks and 24 total bases. Thompson had an extra-base hit in all five games, with a home run in four of the five games and three games with three RBIs. In the final game of the weekend, she was 3-for-3 with a pair of homers against Weber State. After her monster weekend, Thompson leads the WAC in home runs (6) and ranks second in slugging percentage (1.292), RBIs (13) and total bases (31).
Nance, a sophomore left-hander from Maple Valley, Wash., went 3-0 with a save over 17.1 inning pitched last week. She posted a 0.81 ERA and 16 strikeouts to just one walk, only allowing just two earned runs on 14 hits. Nance opened the week with a win against Fordham, when she struck out six over 4.0 innings, giving up one earned one. She earned the save against Hawai'i on Saturday, when she pitched 2.2 scoreless innings. Later that day, she earned a complete-game victory, allowing one earned run on four hits while striking out five. In 3.2 innings of relief on Sunday, Nance gave up two hits and struck out four batters to get the win. Nance leads the WAC with 25 strikeouts of 33.1 innings.
Other Hitter of the Week nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Kayla Tadewosian hit .400 with two doubles and three RBIs ... Shea Smith of Grand Canyon hit .529 with three doubles, one RBI and one stolen base ... Kansas City's Maegan Rollow hit .545 with two doubles, two home runs, five RBIs and three stolen bases ... Victoria Castro of NM State hit .667 with four doubles, two homers, five RBIs and two stolen bases.
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Daryn Hitzel went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and four strikeouts ... Brianna Aguilar of Grand Canyon went 1-1 with a 2.62 ERA ... Kansas City's Kailyn Packard went 2-0 with a save, a 0.47 ERA and 13 strikeouts over 15.0 innings ... Samaria Diaz of NM State went 0-1 with a save, a 1.20 ERA and 12 strikeouts over 11.2 innings.