LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Duke’s Jessica Oakland and Arizona State’s Kenzie Brown were named Division I Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player and Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week for contests played April 13-19.
Oakland had a monstrous week at the plate for the 14th-ranked Blue Devils. She batted .750 (12-for-16) with three doubles, four home runs, 14 RBI, seven runs scored and a 1.688 slugging percentage. Her first longball came on the first pitch she saw from Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens, lifting Duke to a 6-3 win over the then-seventh ranked Lady Vols. Oakland capped off a convincing sweep of Boston College as she finished 8-for-8 with three home runs and nine RBI in the Saturday doubleheader.
Brown posted a 3-0 record with a 0.74 ERA and 35 strikeouts over 19 innings of work last week. She fanned 16 in a mid-week win at then-No.19 Grand Canyon, the most times the Lopes have struck out during their Division I era (14 years). Brown added two more complete-game victories over the weekend at Houston, including a one-hit shutout to clinch the series sweep. She also fanned 12 Cougars in the series opener. For the week, Brown posted a 0.89 WHIP and held her opponents to a .108 batting average.
The awards are voted on by the NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll Committee, which features one member coach from each of the NCAA’s 31 conferences.
Selected Top Performances
Elisa Allen, Binghamton - .714, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 1.6477 SLG, tied program’s career home run record (44) and is two shy of the America East mark (46); Kenleigh Cahalan, Florida - .538, 3 2B, 7 RBI, .571 OBP; JoJo Christiaens, Montana - .533, 4 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1.333 SLG; Payton Crank, Utah - .500, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1.000 SLG; Bella Dean, North Dakota State - .714, 10 H, 2 2B, HR (grand slam), 9 RBI, 3 R, 1.071 SLG, 4 BB, .778 OBP; Emily Delgado, Southern Illinois – 2-0, 0.00 ERA, SV, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, .200 opp. BA; Sawyer Denser, Loyola Marymount – 1-0, SHO, 4 H, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K, 0.67 WHIP; Kylie Doherty, Boston University - .474, 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB, 2 BB, first player in BU and Patriot League history to hit 20 home runs and first to record 70 RBI in a single season; Tori Edwards, LSU - .600, 6 H, 3 HR, 2B, 8 RBI, 4 R, 5 BB, game-winning inside-the-park home run vs. Ole Miss; Isabela Emerling, Oklahoma - .625, 5 H, 3 HR, 3 R, 8 RBI; Madi George, Ole Miss - .429, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 5 R; Ava Geyer, Western Michigan – 2-0, 1.27 ERA, 8 K, BB, 11 IP, SHO, .175 opp. BA; Lyndsey Grein, Oregon – 2-0 vs. Washington, 2.15 ERA, 15 K, CG; Elyssa Hasapis, Saint Joseph’s - .600, 6 H, 3 SB, 3 RBI, 6 R, 2B, BB, 0 K, .636 OBP; Marina Mason, Northwestern – 3-0, 0.00 ERA, 13 K, .125 opp. BA, 5 H, 2 SHO; Rylee McDaniel, Ohio - .667, 6 H, 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 6 R, 5 RBI, 2.000 SLG, 4 BB, .769 OBP; Ruby Meylan, Oklahoma State – 3-0, 3.21 ERA, 18 K, 3 BB, 24 IP, held the nation’s No. 1 offense Oklahoma to 2 ER in a CG with 9 K, 2-0 vs. No. 16 Arizona; Paytn Monticelli, LSU -3-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 K, 4 H, 2 BB, 7 IP; Anna Moore, Purdue - .467, 7 H, 3 HR (grand slam), 14 RBI, set Purdue’s freshman home run record with 11; Ausha Moore, Wichita State - .625, 5 H, 5 HR, 5 BB, 7 R, 13 RBI, 2.500 SLG, .786 OBP, matching single-game program record with three home runs vs. Charlotte; Madison Pickens, Louisville - .643, 9 H, 6 R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 10 RBI, 1.214 SLG, broke single-season RBI record (62), seven hits in seven consecutive at bats in doubleheader vs. Pitt; Moriah Polar, Purdue - .533, 8 H, 7 R, 4 RBI, recorded 200th career hit and set single-season program record for runs scored (55); Courtney Poulich, Robert Morris - .632, 2 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, .682 OBP, 1.474 SLG, 9 R, 2 BB, broke Horizon League single-season home run record (21); Emma Raye, Northwestern - .625, 5 H, 2 HR, 3 B, 2B, 9 RBI, BB, 5 R, 1.750 SG, .700 OBP, 2 runners caught stealing; Keagan Rothrock, Florida – 2-0, SV, 1.17 ERA, 12 K, 2 ER, 12 IP; Jules Scogna, Saint Joseph’s – 1-0, 0.00 ERA, H, 3 K, SHO; Peyton Shields, Fairfield – 2-0, 0.98 ERA, SHO, 7 K, 21.1 IP, pitched all 18 innings in a doubleheader sweep of Siena, including 11 innings in game two; Jordan Smith, Western Michigan - .600, 6 H, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 1.300 SLG, BB, .636 OBP; Samantha Swan, Arizona State - .615, 8 H, 6 R, 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, .688 OBP, 1.000 SLG; Tara Vandewater, Creighton - .545, 2 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 1.273 SLG, 5 R; Tia Warsop, Oklahoma State - .571, 2 2B, 5 RBI, hit in all four games; Jordan Woolery, UCLA - .733, 11 H, 7 HR, 16 RBI, 12 R, 3 BB, 2.133 SLG, .778 OBP, broke UCLA’s single season RBI record (91) and became 10th player in D1 history to record 100 RBI, reached 30 HR, the second Bruin to do so, a first in program history.
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