SLIAC Softball Players of the Week - March 6
This week's SLIAC Players of the Week are Abby Burroughs, of Webster University and Erin Smith, of Eureka College.
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SLIAC SOFTBALL HITTER OF THE WEEK - MARCH 6 This week's SLIAC Softball Hitter of the Week is Abby Burroughs from Webster University. Burroughs, a freshman, made an immediate impact for the Gorloks at the plate; hitting .519 with two home runs and 13 runs batted in while helping Webster start the year with eight straight wins. Burroughs reached base in all eight games including notching hits in six of them. She had four multi-hit games on the week including a 4-for-5 game against Rhodes in which she added three runs scored with one home run and four RBI. Burroughs added a second four RBI game when she powered the Gorloks to a win over Robert Morris-Springfield. On the week she finished with an .852 slugging percentage and 12 runs scored while going 14-of-27 at the plate. |
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SLIAC SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK - MARCH 6 Erin Smith, from Eureka College, is the SLIAC Softball Pitcher of the Week for March 6. Smith, a freshman from Dunlap, Ill., had a memorable collegiate debut for the Red Devils last week in a 13-0 win over Lehman. Smith recorded a perfect game in the five inning win. She allowed no base runners while striking out six over the five innings and helping the Red Devils to their first win of the 2017 season.
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Other Notables:
- Allyson Hahn, Westminster College (Softball) Hahn threw 4 2/3 innings of scoreless innings in relief in picking up a win over Wisconsin-Platteville.
- Lexi Litwiller, Eureka College (Softball) Litwiller picked up four hits and four runs batted in during a double header on the opening day of the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic.
- Mackenzie Myers, Westminster College (Softball) Myers had a three game stretch last week in which she totaled seven hits and seven runs batted in.
- Chelsea Thornley, Webster University (Softball) Thornley recorded four wins in the circle for the Gorloks last week.
