Courtesy of the Pac-12
EUGENE, Ore. – After helping Oregon sweep No. 19 Arizona State at home, the Pac-12 named Janelle Lindvall its player of the week and Cheridan Hawkins its pitcher of the week.
This the fifth time this season the Ducks have claimed each award. Hawkins has been named pitcher of the week three times prior while this is Lindvall’s first time earning player of the week this season.
Lindvall had a big weekend for Oregon as the No. 2 Ducks swept No. 19 Arizona State. It marked UO’s first sweep of ASU since 1989 and its first series win over the Sun Devils since 2005. Lindvall went 5-for-8 in the series, scoring three runs and posting six RBIs with a grand slam in a 7-0 victory on Friday. She also went 3-for-3 with a walk in Saturday’s 12-3, six-inning run-rule win. The junior catcher now leads the Ducks with 36 RBIs on the season.
Hawkins picked up two wins in the Ducks’ three-game sweep of ASU. The junior opened the series with a two-hit shutout on Friday, her eighth of the season. Hawkins held the Sun Devils hitless through five innings before the no-hit bid was broken up with a double in the sixth. She allowed just one more hit in the seventh, striking out six batters in a complete game.
The Ducks clinched the sweep with a 4-3 victory on Sunday, where Hawkins fell victim to a pair of ASU long balls but struck out six batters to pick up her 18th win of the year. Overall on the weekend, Hawkins struck out more batters (12) than she allowed hits, walks and runs combined (11).
