The South Atlantic Conference Announces Softball Players of the Week, April 5
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne's Christina Walker was tabbed the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Softball Player of the Week, while Carley Tysinger from Catawba was tabbed the Astroturf South Atlantic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played March 28-April 3, the League announced today.
Walker, a sophomore from Roxboro, N.C., hit .550 with five multiple hit games to lead the Bears to a 6-0 record last week, including a pair of South Atlantic Conference series sweeps. She finished the week with 11 hits to go along with a double, a triple and three RBI. She slugged .700 for the Bears in the six-game span and scored eight runs. Lenoir-Rhyne is currently riding a 14-game winning streak and is 10-0 in SAC play. The award is her first Player of the Week selection this season.
Tysinger, a senior from Lexington, N.C., went 4-0 last week with 42 strikeouts in four complete games, including a pair of double-digit strikeout performances. Her in 26 innings pitched, Tysinger allowed no earned runs and scattered just 10 hits. Her four wins pushed her to the top of the Catawba all-time wins chart as she now has 89 in her career in the Navy and White. The honor is her fifth Pitcher of the Week plaudit this season.
2016 Astroturf SAC Softball Players of the Week
Feb. 9 - Madison Carter, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 16 - Christina Linton, Newberry
Feb. 23 - Jordin Phillips, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 1 - Carli Hurtado, Anderson
Mar. 8 - Elaina Frantellizzi, Queens
Mar. 15 - Taylor Laskey, Wingate
Mar. 22 - Elayna Siebert, Carson-Newman
Mar. 29 - Madison Carter, Lenoir-Rhyne
Apr. 5 - Christina Walker, Lenoir-Rhyne
2016 Astroturf SAC Softball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 9 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba
Feb. 16 - Augie Pena, Anderson
Feb. 23 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba
Mar. 1 - Augie Pena, Anderson
Mar. 8 - Lindsay Dean, Carson-Newman & Jamie Hroback, Brevard
Mar. 15 - Brianna Taylor, Lincoln Memorial
Mar 22 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba
Mar. 29 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba
Apr. 5 - Carley Tysinger, Catawba