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Co-Players of the WeekBranndi Melero • AuburnSenior • RF • Canyon Country, Calif.Melero was one of the biggest components of Auburn clinching its fourth-straight series win over the weekend. She hit a team series-best 6-for-9 against No. 11 Tennessee, notching two hits in each of the three games and hitting her seventh home run in the series finale. Melero was one of three Auburn players with five hits or more in the series and one of four different home run hitters over the three games with the Lady Vols. She hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning Saturday to break a 9-9 tie and help Auburn to its 10th conference win of the year.
Bailey Landry • LSUSophomore • OF • Gonzales, La.Landry led all players on the week with a .692 batting average, earning nine hits with an .846 slugging percentage and .733 on-base percentage as LSU went 4-0 last week. Landry, who is currently on a 10-game hitting streak, produced multi-hit games in three of the four for the Tigers while stealing two bases and not striking out in 13 total at-bats. In the series against Ole Miss, she collected six hits, including her third triple of the season, and two runs scored.
Pitcher of the WeekAlexis Silkwood • Mississippi StateSophomore • LHP • East Alton, Ill.Silkwood recorded two-complete game wins and one save this past week for the Bulldogs. She did not allow a run all week and has not allowed an earned run in her last three starts. Silkwood struck out 12 batters in 16 innings of work. Her first career no-hitter March 25 started a stretch for Silkwood that has her at 4-1 with a 0.58 ERA, five complete games, three shutouts, one save and 31 strikeouts in six appearances.
Freshman of the WeekCarley Hoover • LSURHP • Clemson, S.C.Hoover picked up two wins in the circle for LSU on the week, holding an earned run average of 0.62 after allowing only a single run in 11.1 innings of work with 18 strikeouts and a .125 opponent batting average against ULM and Ole Miss. Against ULM, Hoover came on down by two with runners at second and third and proceeded to throw three consecutive strikes to earn her first of 11 strikeouts that night which is a new career high. She threw 14 consecutive strikes against ULM and had 73 on 97 total pitches in the game. In the start against the Rebels, she scattered three hits and struck out seven in the shortened contest, not allowing a runner past first on the day.
