- March 19th, 2007, 8:10 pm
#70155
Looks like Terra Lowe's success in Hawaii has not gone unnoticed:
Cue cries of Big South bias in 5...4...3...2...1...
Big South Announces Weekly Softball Awards
Courtesy: Big South SIDs
Release: 03/19/2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Radford’s Sarah Himan has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels softball Player of the Week, while Terra Lowe of Liberty was tabbed New Balance Pitcher of the Week for games played March 12-18, the League announced today.
Himan, a freshman from Woodbridge, Va., batted .455 in seven games to lead the Highlanders to a 5-2 record on the week. She posted 10 hits, two doubles, a home run and seven RBI in the seven-game span, as well as being named to the Catamount Classic All-Tournament Team. In the tournament, she posted two game-winning singles to propel Radford to the championship game of the tournament where the Highlanders finished runner up. She finished the week with a .682 slugging percentage to go along with a .556 on-base percentage.
Lowe, a senior from Chesapeake, Va., posted a stellar week as she went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA against No. 23 Hawaii and No. 10 Baylor. She pitched 2.0 innings and recorded two strikeouts to pick up the win over the Rainbow Wahine on March 14. She followed that performance with three strikeouts in 2.1 innings of relief to pick up the save against Nevada the next day. On March 16, she closed her week out with seven strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work, as she shutout the No. 10 Baylor Bears. For the week, Lowe threw 11.0 shutout innings with 12 strikeouts while scattering nine hits.
Also nominated for softball Player of the Week for Week 5: Lindsay Creighton (Birmingham-Southern), Jill Shondel (Charleston Southern), Jessica Moore (Liberty) and Jenny Scrymgeour (Winthrop).
Also nominated for softball Pitcher of the Week for Week 5: Bethney Reynoldson (Birmingham-Southern) and Izzy Trottier (Winthrop).
2007 Big South Softball Players of the Week
Player of the Week
Feb. 13 - Melissa Taunton, Birmingham-Southern
Feb. 20 - Sarah Swor, Liberty
Feb. 27 - Ashley Conway, Charleston Southern
March 12 - Jenny Scrymgeour, Winthrop
March 19 - Sarah Himan, Radford
Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 13 - Bethney Reynoldson, Birmingham-Southern
Feb. 20 - Cari Wooldridge, Winthrop
Feb. 27 - Bethney Reynoldson, Birmingham-Southern
March 12 - Ashley Taylor, Radford
March 19 - Terra Lowe, Liberty
Liberty Class of 2009
2007 AND 2008 Big South Football Champions
2014 FCS Playoff Qualifier
2007 AND 2008 Big South Football Champions
2014 FCS Playoff Qualifier