Arizona State pitcher/designated player Erica Beach is the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week for the week of April 1-7.
Beach, a senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., posted a win over then No. 1 UCLA and recorded a win and a save against No. 10 Washington. She finished the week with a 2-0 record a 1.62 earned run average. The win against Washington was her 20th of the season, a career high. At the plate, she batted .800 (4-for-5) with two home runs. Beach's fourth-inning two-run homer against UCLA proved to be the game-winner in the Sun Devils' 3-2 victory. Arizona State jumped two spots to No. 6 in this week's USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25.