The South Atlantic Conference Announces Astroturf SAC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, Mar. 10
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Newberry's Maude McCourry was tabbed the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, while Brandi Hole of Lenoir-Rhyne was named the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played Mar. 2-8, the League announced today.
McCourry, junior from Centreville, Md., posted a .667 average at the plate with eight hits and three RBI to lead the Wolves to a 4-0 record last week. She highlighted her week with three hits and a double in a 6-4 win over Erskine on March 4. She recorded nine total bases to finish with an on-base percentage of .714, to go along with a slugging percentage of .750. The award is her first Player of the Week nod this season.
Hole, a junior from Sandy Ridge, N.C., fired two complete-game shutout wins for the Bears last week. She got her week started with four strikeouts in a win over USC Aiken on March 7 and followed that effort with three strikeouts at Francis Marion on March 8 as the Bears downed the Patriots, 4-0. The left-hander allowed just one walk and scattered eight hits in her two starts. The honor is her second Pitcher of the Week plaudit this season.
Also nominated for Softball Player of the Week: Cailah Niles (Anderson), Bre Lockett (Carson-Newman), Riley Morris (Coker) and Jenna Restivo (Tusculum).
Also nominated for Softball Pitcher of the Week: Danielle Kranz (Carson-Newman) Tabitha Allen (Coker) and Eliza Davis (Tusculum).
2015 South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week
Feb. 3 - Emily Usiak, Wingate
Feb. 10 - Bri Lockett, Carson-Newman
Feb. 17 - Alexis Burrell, Wingate
Feb. 24 - Cailah Niles, Anderson
Mar. 3 - Bre Lockett, Carson-Newman
Mar. 9 - Maude McCourry, Newberry
2015 South Atlantic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3 - Stacey Houser, Wingate
Feb. 10 - Brandi Hole, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 17 - Jaime Hrobak, Brevard
Feb. 24 - Lindsay Dean, Carson-Newman
Mar. 3 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba
Mar. 9 - Brandi Hole, Lenoir-Rhyne