KAYLA OLIVEIRA OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a senior pitcher from San Diego, Texas, has been named the SCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played from Saturday, February 1st through Sunday, February 9th.

Oliveira pitched 9-1/3 innings of shutout softball and picked up a pair of pitching wins as the top-ranked Bulldogs started the year with doubleheader sweeps of Huston-Tillotson and Concordia Texas. Oliveira allowed just two hits total in her two outings, struck out five and walked three. 

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior pitcher Maggie Watts of Dallas went 1-0 in the circle last weekend as the Crusaders earned an opening weekend sweep of Southwestern (Kan.). Watts pitched in both contests going a total of 5.1 innings, allowing just four hits and striking out two while allowing just one earned run. Junior pitcher Allie Holbrook of Trinity allowed just two earned runs and struck out a career-high seven hitters in a complete-game effort to open the 2020 season for the Tiger softball team. .