LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Montevallo’s Bentlee Stiner and UIS’ Rosie Bartletti earned the Division II Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors for contests played March 24-30.
Over five games last week, Stiner batted .611 (11-for-18) with three doubles, a triple, five home runs, 12 RBI and 10 runs scored. She posted a .681 on-base percentage with two walks and two hit-by-pitches to go along with a 1.722 slugging percentage. Stiner matched a program record with three home runs in a mid-week game versus Miles. In a three-game series against Lee, the junior was 6-for-10 with a pair of leadoff home runs. She notched two doubles, a long ball and two runs scored in the series opener, followed by a triple, home run, two RBI and three runs scored in game two.
Bartletti went 3-0 with a 0.88 ERA and twirled her first collegiate perfect game against Lincoln on March 30, which was also the first for a UIS pitcher against a Division II opponent. The junior hurler went the distance twice with 15 strikeouts, one walk and seven hits allowed, while holding opponents to a .132 batting average across 16 innings of work. Against Lincoln, she retired all 18 batters she faced with six punchouts in a six-inning win. Bartletti also earned a complete-game win at UMSL in which she surrendered a pair of runs on six hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
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
Laylonna Applin, Angelo State - .533, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 6 R, 5 RBI, 2 SB, 1.000 SLG, .600 OBP; Sarah Davenport, East Stroudsburg – 2-0, SV, 0.43 ERA, 30 K, 7 BB, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, no hitter vs. Lock Haven (7 IP, 15 K, 2 BB); Regan Dillon, Southern Arkansas - .600, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1.800 SLG, 2 BB, HBP, .692 OBP; Giselle Garcia, Pace - 4-0, 2 SV, 0.50 ERA, 42 K, perfect game vs. Saint Michael's (7 IP, 15 K); Gianna Guerriero, West Florida - .529, 10 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 3-4 SB; Kelsi Hilton, Southern Nazarene - .700, 7 H, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 1.100 SLG, 3 SB; Molly Hool, Wayne State - .800, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 1.100 SGL; Sami Huck, McKendree – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, SHO, 16 K, 3 BB, .122 opp. BA; Mia Johnson, Parkside - .636, 7 XBH, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 9 R, 9 BB, .818 OBP, 1.182 SLG; Khloe Kubitschek, Colorado Mesa - .455, 5 H, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, SB; Delaney Ridgewell, East Stroudsburg - .500, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .923 SLG; Hali Scott, Wingate - .538, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 6 R, 1.692 SLG; Paige Strickland, Francis Marion - .615, 8 H, 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 1.385 SLG, SB; Hannah Taylor, Eckerd - .692, 1.300 SLG, 8 RBI, 4 R, 2 2B, 2 HR; Jenna Walling, Francis Marion – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 H, 1 R, 9 K, 2 BB, 13 IP.
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