LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Central Oklahoma’s Rylee Lemos and East Stroudsburg’s Sarah Davenport captured the Division II Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors for contests played Feb. 24-March 2.
Lemos keyed the Broncho offense during a 7-1 week, batting .586 (17-for-29) with four doubles, five home runs, 10 RBI and 13 runs scored. She was a perfect 4-for-4 swiping bases, finishing with a 1.241 slugging percentage and .613 on-base percentage. Lemos homered in four of the eight games and was a triple short of the cycle against Maryville, a contest in which she homered twice and drove in five runs. Lemos scored at least once in all eight games, crossing home four times against Maryville and twice versus Missouri S&T and Winona State. She added two RBI against Wayne State College and Minnesota State.
Davenport twirled the first perfect game in program history against Jefferson and finished the week 2-0 with two shutouts and 24 strikeouts over 10 innings of work. She surrendered just two hits and did not walk a batter. Against Jefferson, the sophomore hurler retired all 15 batters she faced, striking out 11. In her first start of the week, Davenport registered a two-hit shutout against Bloomfield in which she was responsible for 13 of the 15 outs via strikeout and faced just two batters over the minimum.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll Committee, which features two member coaches from each of the NCAA’s eight regions.
Selected Top Performances
Emilee Boyer, West Texas A&M - .500, 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, BB, 1.000 SLG; Kaite Burawski, Bridgeport – 2-2, 1.48 ERA, 33 K, 23.2 IP, no-hitter vs. Walsh (11 K, 5 IP); Andrea Cain, Augustana - .412, 3 HR, 3B, 6 BB, 8 RBI, 6 R, 1.059 SLG, .583 OBP; Sydney Cline, Saint Leo - .600, 3B, HR, BB, 6 RBI, 4 R, 1.100 SLG; Bella DiJulio, Saint Leo - 1-0, 1.00 ERA, 7 K, 7 IP; Cheyenne Floyd, Angelo State – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 SHO, 14 K, .081 opp. BA, 3 BB, 3 H, 12 IP; Jessalyn Gallegos, Colorado Mesa – 2-0, 1.00 ERA, 10 K, BB, 2 CG, 14 IP; Grace Glanzer, Augustana – 2-1, 1.22 ERA, 28 K, 23 IP, .207 opp. BA; Gianna Guerriero, West Florida - .533, 8 H, 2B, 3 3B, 9 R, 1.533 OPS, 7-7 SB; Chloe Hocquard, Saint Leo – 1-0, 2.00 ERA, 12 K, BB, 7 IP, CG, first collegiate victory; Sarah Langlie, Barry - .667, 10 H, 3 2B, 8 RBI, 2BB, SB, 4 R; Taylor McCombs, UCCS - .643, 9 H, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 1.357 SLG; Marissa Mitchell, West Alabama – 4-4, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 8 R, 4.000 SLG, 1.000 OBP, 5.000 OPS, 21 TB, 3 IBB, 14-game hitting streak; Briana Neal, Saint Leo - .556, 2B, 2 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R, 1.111 SLG; Laci Peskey, Black Hills State; 2-0, SV, 0.37 ERA, 30 K, 6 BB, 19 IP; Kiki Pickens, Missouri Southern – 2-1, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 23 K, 15 IP; Abbey Rogers, Rogers State - .500, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 7 R, SB, 1.083 SLG, .571 OBP; Ka’Lyn Watson, UT Tyler - .550, 11 H, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 4 BBB, 7 R, .625 OBP; Abigail Weirich, East Stroudsburg - .615, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 5 SB, 1.077 SLG; Makayla Westmoreland, Colorado Mesa - .667, 6 H, 2B, 3B, 4 R, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SB, 1.000 SLG, .789 OBP.
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