Monday, March 06, 2006

Macon, Ga. -- Gardner-Webb's Christie Barlow and Kennesaw State's Lisa Lamb earned Atlantic Sun Softball Player & Pitcher of the Week honors the conference office announced today.

Barlow led all hitters at the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic with a sizzling .625 batting average to earn All-Tournament honors after batting .500 with three home runs and eight RBI in six games. Along with the .500 (6-for-12) batting average, Barlow posted an eye-popping slugging percentage of 1.417 while getting on base at a .611 clip and racking up a staggering OPS of 2.028 against the likes of Georgia Tech, North Carolina State and Miami of Ohio.

Barlow led GWU on the week with eight runs, two doubles, three home runs, 17 total bases and five walks and averaged one home run for every four at bats and one extra-base hit in every 2.5 at bats. Barlow reached base a total of 11 times in her 17 plate appearances on the week.

Barlow will try to stay hot when she leads Gardner-Webb into action on Wednesday. The Bulldogs will play a pair of games at Liberty, starting at 2:00 pm.

Lamb had an impressive week for the Owls as she helped guide Kennesaw State (12-9) to a second place finish at the 2006 Charleston Southern Tournament this past weekend. In five appearances during the week‚ Lamb was over-powering‚ allowing just 14 hits in 23.2 innings of work. The senior posted a 4-1 record with a miniscule 0.59 earned run average as she defeated Eastern Michigan‚ St. Bonaventure‚ Oakland and Furman and had a scoreless streak of 22.2 innings.

Lamb becomes the first Kennesaw State softball player to earn a weekly award since the program joined Division I and the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The Atlantic Sun Conference announces the Player of the Week every Monday during the 2006 softball campaign.

The 11-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell, ETSU, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb, Mercer, North Florida and Stetson.

Other Top Performers

Kori Bowser, BEL (Fr. - P/CI - Gilbert, Ariz. - History/Secondary Education) -- Bowser helped lead the Belmont softball team to a 3-1 finish at the Frostbite Classic hosted by the University of Kentucky over the weekend. She hit .417 over the four games, going 5-for-12 with two doubles and two homeruns.

Erica Demers, STET (Fr. - RHP - Miami, Fla. - Undecided) -- Demers led Stetson in the circle last week going 3-0 with a 0.37 ERA and two shutouts in 19.0 innings of work.

Caitlin Miller, UNF (So. - RF - Yulee, Fla. - Sports Leadership) -- Miller finished the week with a .500 batting average for the Lady Ospreys going 7-for-14 at the plate with four RBIs, a home run and a .714 slugging percentage.

Keri McKee, KSU (Jr. - 1B - Buford, Ga. - Sociology) -- McKee had a stellar week, going .586 in the Owls nine games. In her 27 AB, she recorded 17 hits, including two doubles, a triple, and a home run. In total, McKee amassed 10 RBI, recorded a .828 slugging percentage and took 24 total bases, in leading the Owls to a 7-2 record during the week.