LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl and Arizona’s Miranda Stoddard shared Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week honors with Texas’ Teagan Kavan being voted Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week for contests played Feb. 10-16.
Bahl was dominant at the plate and in the circle, leading the 16th-ranked Huskers to 5-0 weekend at the Troy Cox Classic hosted by New Mexico State. The junior batted .625 (10-for-16) with nine of her 10 hits going for extra bases, including four doubles and four home runs. She scored nine times, drove in nine runs, slugged 1.750 and recorded her first multi-homer game of her collegiate career with two long balls against the host Lobos. Bahl added two complete-game five-inning shutouts (10 IP, 2H, 13 K, 2 BB), one a no-hitter against Northern Colorado, in which the ball did not leave the infield.
Stoddard had a monster weekend lifting No. 13 Arizona to a 5-0 mark at its own Bear Down Fiesta. She was 10-for-12 (.833) at the plate with six home runs, at triple, 12 RBI, seven runs scored and a 2.500 slugging percentage. Stoddard also drew four walks, recorded a sacrifice fly and finished with a .824 on-base percentage. The graduate student homered twice in each of their first two games against South Alabama, driving in three and four runs respectively. Stoddard added four more RBI in the Wildcats’ first matchup with Cal State Fullerton
In two starts against then-No. 11 Texas Tech, Kavan went 2-0 with a 0.54 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 13 innings of work. She surrendered just one run, scattered 10 hits and walked two. In the first matchup, Kavan went all nine innings in a 2-1 win, allowing a run on four hits, fanning 18 Red Raiders and walking one. With that performance, she became the first Longhorn since Cat Osterman (June 1, 2006) to strike out 18 batters in a game. Kavan added four scoreless innings and five strikeouts in her second start.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee, which features one member head coach from each of the NCAA’s 31 conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Allison Benning, North Florida - .474 (9-for-19), 2 2B, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 6 BB, 2-1, 20 K, 17.1 IP; Aliyah Binford, Ole Miss - .545, 12 H, 5 2B, 8 RBI, BB, .773 SLG; Cece Cellura, San Diego State – 4-0, SV, 2.44 ERA, 10 K, 0 BB,14 IP, 0.91 WHIP; Maalia Cherry, Cal State Bakersfield - .545, 5 HR, 15 RBI, 12 H, 1.273 OPS; Rosie Davis, Oklahoma State - .500, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1.00 SLG, .611 OBP, 4 R; Bri Ellis, Arkansas - .667, 3 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 5 BB, 1.917 SLG, .722 OBP, 0 K; Bella Foran, FAU - .615, 8 H, 3 R 2 RBI; Lyndsey Grein, Oregon – 2-0, SV, 2.27 ERA, 21 K, 5 BB, 12.1 IP; Maddia Groff, Nebraska Omaha – 3-0, 2 SHO, 0.00 ERA, 9 H, 27 K, 17 IP, .161 opp. BA; Miali Guachino, Ole Miss – 2-2, 1.27 ERA, 13 H, 34 K, SHO, 2 CG, 21.1 IP; Ella Harrison, Rutgers – 3-0, 3 CG, 1.00 ERA, 26 K, 5 BB, 21 IP; Jayden Heavener, LSU – 2-0, 2 CG, 1.50 ERA, 17 K, 7 BB, 9 H, .188 opp. BA; Robyn Herron, Arkansas – 2-0, 0.70 ERA, 18 K, R, 3 H, 3 BB, 10 IP, no-hitter ULM (11 K, 5 IP), .088 opp. BA; Micaela Kastor, Notre Dame - 2.33 ERA, 14 K, 4 BB, 9 IP; Taryn Kern, Stanford - .500 3 HR, 2B, 9 RBI, 8 R, 1.214 SLG, .632 OBP; Sophia Knight, Boise State - .600, 12 H, 3 2B, 3B, 6 R, 4 RBI, 2-2 SB; Lexi Kobryn, Villanova – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 SHO, 8 K, 3 BB, 6 H, .122 opp BA, 14 IP; Katie Kutz, Oklahoma State – 3-0 vs. Top-25 opponents, 1.20 ERA, 10 K, 5 BB, 11.2 IP; Sam Landry, Oklahoma – 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 K, 0 BB, 0 H, 5.1 IP, perfect game versus Baylor; Reese Lee, Utah - .529, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R; Samantha Lincoln, Texas Tech – 2-1, 1.75 ERA, 9 K, 11 IP, perfect game versus UMass; Hannah Lindsay, Iowa - .667, 8 H, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 4 R; Jackie Lis, Southern Illinois - .462, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2B, 4 R, 1.000 SLG; Stefini Ma’ake, Oregon - .438, 2B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 1.250 SLG, 5 R; Hailey McLean, Nevada – 3-0, 0.79 ERA, 26 K, 10 BB, 17.2 IP; Maddie Moore, Clemson - .556, 1.167 SLG, .579 OBP, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 3B, SB, Haley Painter, Nevada - .429, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 4 R, 1.00 SLG, .579 OBP; Ella Parker, Oklahoma - .750, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, BB, .769 OBP, 1.417 SLG; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .632, 12 H, 3B, 7 RBI, 10 R, .682 OBP, 6-7 SB; Ajia Richard, UTEP - .857, 12 H, 9 R, 2B, 6 HR, 10 RBI, 2.214 SLG, 3 BB, .883 OBP; Kat Rodriguez, North Carolina - .526, 12 RBI, 9 R, .591 OBP, 10 H, 4 2B, 2 BB, HBP, 0 K; Britton Rogers, North Carolina – perfect game vs. Drexel (8 K, 5 IP); Sammy Schmidt, Nebraska Omaha - .533, 8 H, 5 R, 5 RBI, 2-2 SB, Lauren Schurman, Iowa State – 2-0, 0.45 ERA, 7 K, 15.2 IP, .172 opp. BA; Elise Sokolsky, Oregon - 2-0, 0.43 ErA, 17 K, 2 B, 16.1 IP, .132 opp. BA; Lexi Sosa, Mississippi State - .500, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 5 BB, 0 K. 2.11 OPS, 2-0, 2.25 ERA, 12 K, 2 BB; Tatum Sparks, North Texas - .556, 10 H, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 2-2 SB; Emily Tran, Notre Dame - .429, 3B, 5 R, SB; Nani Valencia, Minnesota - .588, 10 H, 2 2B, 2 RBI, .632 OBP.
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