ASHLYN STROTHER OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore right-hander from Seabrook, Texas, has been named the SCAC Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, April 18 through Sunday, April 24. SCAC Softball Release - Week 12
Strother capped off a dominant regular season in the circle, tossing two complete game shutouts to collect two victories over Trinity to help the Bulldogs finish off a perfect SCAC record and the top-seed going into the conference tournament. She finished the week with seven strikeouts in 10 innings of work, allowing just four hits and posting a 0.00 ERA .
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
First-year pitcher Katelyn Moss of Centenary pitched 9.2 total innings last past weekend in two games at St. Thomas, one start and one relief appearance, and allowed just two earned runs and seven hits. She faced 39 batters and threw 135 pitches (87 strikes) with just one walk. First-year pitcher Taylor McKenzie of Southwestern threw her third complete-game shutout of the season, dominating Schreiner with eight strikeouts and only four hits allowed in nine innings of work. Senior pitcher Lindsey Longuet of St. Thomas had another stellar weekend to close out her year, going 2-0 in 13 innings of work in the circle for the Celts. Longuet posted an impressive 0.54 ERA, allowing just one run and striking out 12. Senior pitcher Cat Patterson of Trinity had a stellar outing in a tough luck 1-0 loss against Texas Lutheran last Friday. Patterson tossed a complete game three-hitter, allowing just one unearned run in the loss.
| SCAC Softball Pitchers-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 | Madison Vela, Southwestern University |
| Week 2 | Ashyln Strother, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 3 | Kaylee Culpepper, Schreiner University |
| Week 4 | Sydney Ouellette, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 5 | Ashlyn Strother, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 6 | Ashlyn Strother, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 7 | Ashlyn Strother, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 8 | Cat Patterson, Trinity University |
| Week 9 | Bri Wodtke, Schreiner University |
| Week 10 | Taylor McKenzie, Southwestern University |
| Week 11 | Anna Scarbock, Centenary College |
| Week 12 | Ashlyn Strother, Texas Lutheran University |
