ATLANTA - The Southern Athletic Assocaition (SAA) released on Monday afternoon its weekly award winners. For softball, University of the South catcher
Sarah Wright has been selected as the SAA Softball Player of the Week after her performance in Sewanee's upset of No. 5 Birmingham-Southern College on Sunday.
The Coupeville, Wash. native posted a 2-for-3 day at the plate with a double, three RBI and two runs scored. However, it was Wright's second hit of the day that was the exclamation point. With two outs and runners on first and second, the junior sent the first pitch she saw over the left field fence for a three-run home run to even the game at five runs apiece in the bottom of the fifth.
Later in the frame,
Kendell Goodrum would lace a base hit to score the winning run in
Michaela Walker
BSC is ranked fifth in the preseason coaches poll by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
Sewanee returns to the diamond this weekend with a series at Hendrix College.
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