The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Softball Players of the Week for games played during the tenth week of the 2024 season. Lenoir-Rhyne's Julia Mardigian was named the Player of the Week and Wingate's Sydney Kale was named the Pitcher of the Week.
Mardigian, a junior from Mechanicsville, Va., had a hot bat for the Bears as she went 10-of-12 at the dish. Mardigian scored five runs in four games for LR and had three doubles, a home run and three runs batted in. For the week, Mardigian hit .833 with an .857 on base percentage and a 1.333 slugging percentage and had an extra base hit in every game this week.
Kale, a senior from Shelby, N.C., earned the league's pitcher of the week honor thanks to a dominant week that included a perfect game with nine strikeouts against Emory & Henry. Kale went 2-0 on the week, tossing two complete game shutouts as the Bulldogs pushed their win streak to 17. She allowed just four hits in the two shutouts, with a 0.43 WHIP, 12 strikeouts and just two walks.
2024 SAC Softball Players of the Week
Player of the Week
Feb. 6 – Claire Smeltzer, Tusculum
Feb. 12 – Lora Beth Wood, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 20 – Heaven Maness, Wingate
Feb. 27 – Madison Wilson, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 5 – Leah Grimes, Mars Hill
March 12 – Brooke Matyasovsky, Carson-Newman
March 19 – Brianna Herring, Catawba
March 26 – Sterre de Duijn, Lincoln Memorial
April 2 – Rachel Hill, Emory & Henry
April 9 – Julia Mardigian, Lenoir-Rhyne
Pitcher of the Week
Feb.6 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Limestone
Feb. 12- Hali Scott, Wingate
Feb. 20 – Lauren Rakes, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 27 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Limestone
March 5 – Emma Frost, Carson-Newman
March 12 – Lex Glemaker, Newberry
March 19 – Lauren Rakes, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 26 – Laken Maxwell, Anderson
April 2 – Laken Maxwell, Anderson
April 9 – Sydney Kale, Wingate
WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.
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