The South Atlantic Conference Announces AstroTurf SAC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, Apr. 11
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Erin Boone of Lenoir-Rhyne was tabbed the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, while Taylor Forehand of Coker was selected as the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played Apr. 3rd-Apr. 9th, the League announced today.
Boone, a sophomore from Creedmoor, North Carolina, led the Bear's to doubleheader sweeps of Catawba and Anderson last week. She totaled two home runs, six RBI, and batted .583. She hit a two-run homerun in the bottom of the seventh in the first contest with Anderson to force extra innings where the Bears would prevail 4-3, victoriously. Boone tallied a slugging percentage of 1.167 over the course of the contests, and she currently sits in first place with the best batting average league wide at a mark of .507. The honor marks her third Player of the Week selection this season.
Forehand, a sophomore from New Bern, North Carolina, pitched a total of eleven innings over the course of her two appearances on the mound last week. She surrendered only four hits while striking out six batters. Last Tuesday against Wingate, she struck out four batters to help secure the 2-0 victory for the Cobra's. The honor marks her first Player of the Week selection this season.
2017 AstroTurf SAC Softball Players of the Week
Feb. 7 – Taylor Barcomb, Coker
Feb. 14 – Hannah Price, Coker
Feb. 21 – Erin Boone, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 28 – Dakotah Fraley, Lincoln Memorial
Mar. 7 – Sarah Kenley, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 14 – Allie Jones, Lincoln Memorial
Mar. 21 – Katie Pritchett, Carson-Newman
Mar. 28 – Taylor Scott, Carson-Newman
Apr. 4 – Erin Boone, Lenoir-Rhyne
Apr. 11 – Erin Boone, Lenoir-Rhyne
2017 AstroTurf SAC Softball Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 7 – Devon Morrison, Newberry
Feb. 14 – Christine Carver, Coker
Feb. 21 – Brandi Parks, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 28 – Brandi Parks, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 7 – Courtney Pearson, Queens
Mar. 14 – Brianna Taylor, Lincoln Memorial
Mar. 21 – Devon Morrison, Newberry
Mar. 28 – Lacie Rinus, Carson-Newman
Apr. 4 – Lacie Rinus, Carson-Newman
Apr. 11 – Taylor Forehand, Coker