Week In Review Notes- 4-9
Kennesaw State Owls Softball- Week in Review Notes- 4/9/12
-The Owls victories over UNF and Jacksonville extended and snapped streaks, respectively. With the their sweep of the Ospreys on Friday, the Black and Gold have now won six in a row over North Florida, and are 13-1 against them during the Division I era. With their win during the second game on Saturday against Jacksonville, they snapped a five-game slide against the Dolphins, their last win against them having come on Apr. 11, 2009.
-Sharon Swanson was 10-for-16 in the Owls five games this week, including 10-for-14 (.714) in four A-Sun contests.
-Owls freshman Kaylee Williams had all eight of her RBI this week during their sweep of North Florida, enough for her to lead the team in that category over the last five games.
-Jessica Cross’ appearance in the pitcher’s circle in the opener against Jacksonville on Saturday was the 104th of her career, putting her one away from tying Brittany Matthews (2005-08) for the most appearances in the pitcher’s by an Owl during the program’s Division I era, which began in 2006. Cross is fifth all-time in that category overall.
-Owls head coach Scott Whitlock earned career fastpitch victory number 950 on Friday night in their second win over North Florida, becoming just the 26th person in history to accomplish that feat among four-year college coaches.
-The Owls had 13 hits in each of their wins over UNF on Friday and 10 in their, 6-5, loss to Jacksonville in the opener on Saturday, marking the first time since Apr. 16-17, 2010 that they had double-digit hits in three straight games. Their 26 combined hits was the second most they had in consecutive games this season, just one short of the 27 they had in their wins over Fordham and Miami Ohio on Mar. 9-10.
-Owls junior Jamie Saunders recorded a hit in each of her two starts on Saturday for the Owls, extending her hitting streak to seven games.
-The Owls 7-3 start to A-Sun play is ties their best-ever start against A-Sun competition, as they also won seven of their first 10 A-Sun contests during their first two years in the conference, in 2006 and 2007.
