Monday, March 16, 2009

MACON, Ga. - Preseason All-Conference first baseman Andrea Migliori knocked in eight runs to help Stetson to a 5-0 weekend to earn Player of the Week award. Amanda Lindsey went 4-0 during the Hatters six-game winning streak to earn Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

Migliori put up an eye-popping 1.413 OPS (.875 SLG and .538 OBP) in seven games this week as the Hatters ended with six straight wins and a Stetson Classic team title. The Winter Garden, Fla., native hit three more home runs to reach 50 for her career, setting the Stetson career RBI record in the process. The milestone and the record came on the same swing, a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh against nationally ranked Iowa; the Hatters went on to win 6-5 in 8 innings.

That game was the last of three straight contests in which the senior went deep; she also hit long and clutch shots in wins against Liberty and Hartford. In the weekend finale against Cornell, Migliori walked twice and collected a week-high three RBI to lead Stetson to a 10-1 run-rule victory over the Big Red.

Lindsey keyed Stetson's six-game winning streak with a 4-0 record in the circle that included an extra-innings win against Iowa, ranked #22 in the UCS poll and receiving votes from NFCA and USA Softball. The junior biology major didn't allow any earned runs in that game. Lindsey of Byhalia, Miss., followed up that performance with a 10-strikeout, three-hit shutout against Cornell the next day; earlier in the week she tied her career high with 14 strikeouts in a 1-0 8-inning win over Liberty that ended a 9-game Hatter losing streak.

At the plate, Lindsey had RBI in three straight games including a game-tying home run against Hartford Friday afternoon and a three-run shot off Iowa ace Brittany Weil that put Stetson ahead 3-0 in the fifth inning.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Other Top Performers
Devyn Findley, UNF (P - Gainesville, Fla. - Jr. - Community Health) -- UNF junior Devyn Findley threw 10.2 innings of hitless action over the weekend, throwing a no-hhitter against Charleston Southern before coming back to throw 3.2 hitless innings later that day against Kent State ... Findley struck out 21 hitters in those two games, did not allow a walk and did not allow a runner to advance past first against Charleston Southern ... the only hitters to reach base in the two games were via a hit batsmen and a pair of UNF errors ... Findley earned wins in both appearances.

Jenni Holtz, Mercer (P - Tracy, Calif - So. - Undeclared) -- In three appearances, Jenni Holtz went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA against Austin Peay and Alabama State. In game one against APSU, Holtz carried a perfect game into the sixth inning before allowing her only hit of the afternoon. Holtz struck out five en route to her first complete-game shutout of the week. Holtz also earned the win in game two against the Lady Govs, pitching three innings of hitless softball. On the day, Holtz threw 10 innings and allowing no runs and a single hit. Against ASU a day later, Holtz scatted four hits to notch her second complete-game shutout of the week. Holtz fanned 11 Hornets in the game one win. The Tracy, Calif. native is now 11-4 with 101 strikeouts on the year.

Shannon Monahan, Jacksonville (SS - Buena Vista, Ga. - Jr. - Exercise Science) -- Led the Dolphins offensively by hitting .409 (9-22) with five runs scored, five RBI, two doubles and a home run. She had the game-winning home run to finish 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI in a 6-4 win over Liberty. Monahan also batted 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in 9-3 win against Boston at the USF Under Armour Showcase

Catherine Tarvin, Kennesaw State (P/DH - Lawerenceville, Ga. - Fr. - Undecided) -- Currently on a 3-game hitting streak went 3-for-4 in all of the last three games is 9-16 in the last three games…has helped the Owls go on a six-game winng streak to go above .500 for just the second time this season