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Big South Softball Players of the Week – April 21

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Coastal Carolina’s Kory Hayden (West Palm Beach, Fla.) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Softball Player of the Week, while Presbyterian’s Kensley Loudermelk (Taylorsville, N.C.) has been named The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week for games played April 14-20, it was announced today by the Conference office.

Hayden batted .700 (7-for-10) with a 1.200 slugging percentage, a .769 OBP, three RBI, three walks, three multi-hit games, two doubles and two runs scored last week against Charleston Southern and Longwood.  The junior third basemen started off the week with a 2-for-2 effort at the plate with two RBI, two doubles and a walk in a 7-2 victory over the Buccaneers.  In the series opening 4-1 win over Longwood, she added a walk and a hit.  Hayden added two hits, a homerun and an RBI in the 3-1 triumph over the Lancers in game-two of the series and closed out the week with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate in CCU’s 8-2 series finale win over the Longwood.  The award is her second Player of the Week plaudit this season.

Loudermelk went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, 12 strikeouts, six walks and two complete games last week for the Blue Hose.  The junior right-hander earned a 4-1 win over Gardner-Webb to start the week, striking out seven batters and allowing three hits, one earned run and one walk.  She added five strikeouts in an 11-2 win over Campbell, while going the distance and surrendering four hits and two earned runs.  The award is her first Pitcher of the Week accolade this season.

Also nominated for Softball Player of the Week:  Kerstine Womack (Campbell), Lizzy Olmstead (Charleston Southern), Katie Zavodny (Liberty), Hope Rogers (Presbyterian) and Mel Andrea (Winthrop)

Also nominated for Softball Pitcher of the Week:  Katie Baker (Campbell), Cheyanne Gandara (Charleston Southern), Kiana Quolas (Coastal Carolina), Rachael Walters (Radford) and Sarah Allen (Winthrop)

2014 Big South Players of the Week
Feb. 10 – Amanda Matsumoto, Charleston Southern
Feb. 17 – Kory Hayden, Coastal Carolina
Feb. 24 – Emily Murphy, Longwood
March 3 – Bri Chiusano, Coastal Carolina
March 10 – Mel Andrea, Winthrop
March 17 – Milly Martinet, Campbell
March 24 – Morgan Noad, Coastal Carolina
March 31 – Megan Baltzell, Longwood
April 7 – McKenzi Corn, Winthrop
April 14 – Jessie Hutchens, Radford

2014 Big South Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 10 – Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina
Feb. 17 – Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina
Feb. 24 – Ashley Bagwell, Coastal Carolina
March 3 – Courtney Roberts, Campbell and Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina
March 10 – Sydney Seigler, Presbyterian College
March 17 – Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina
March 24 – Libby Morris, Longwood
March 31 – Kiana Quolas, Coastal Carolina
April 7 – Rachael Walters, Radford
April 14 – Elizabeth McCarthy, Longwood

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