Hope Johnson, Lynchburg, So., Pitcher

Hope Johnson, Lynchburg, So., Pitcher

Johnson, a sophomore from Evington, Va., made five appearances for Lynchburg last week, winning three starts and picking up a pair of saves.  She surrendered just three total runs and 17 hits in 20.1 innings of work.  She opened the week by working five innings in a 6-1 win over Averett.  She gave up one run on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts.  She came back in game two to fan the final batter of the game and pick up her first save of the season.  She went the distance in game one against Randolph-Macon, scattering eight hits and a walk while giving up a run and striking out seven in a full seven innings.  Johnson gave up just five hits in seven innings in game one against Virginia Wesleyan, giving up one run and whiffing three in a 6-1 LC win.  She pitched a perfect final inning of game two for her second save of the week and season, which leads the ODAC.  For the year, Johnson is 10-1 with a 1.63 EAR, fifth-best in the conference.

Softball Pitching Honor Roll

Heather Jenkins, Bridgewater (Va.) - (Sr, P/OF - Locust Grove, Va, 6)
Jenkins rolled up a perfect 4-0 record in the circle as the Eagles softball team cruised to an 8-0 week on the diamond. Jenkins set the Bridgewater career shutouts record during the week and tossed 22 innings of action, allowing just two earned runs on 13 hits to run her ERA to 1.10, which ranks the senior second in the league. In four starts on the week, Jenkins allowed no earned runs and just eight hits and struck out 19 batters. In Wednesday's sweep of Eastern Mennonite, Jenkins tossed her 19th career shutout to set a new school record in the process.

Casey Snead, Guilford - (Fr, OF - Ellerbe, N.C., 8)
Snead threw a five-inning complete game in the Quakers' 9-1 win over Salem, where surrendered one uneared run on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts.  She also tossed one scoreless inning in which she struck out three batters in a 9-1 win over Sweet Briar.

Heather Lewis, Randolph-Macon -
(Sr, LHP/ DP - Glen Allen, VA / Deep Run, 12)
Lewis finished the week with a 2-1 record and a 1.31 ERA over three appearances. The senior lefty tossed seven innings without allowing an earned run in a 5-1 win against Randolph on Sunday. Lewis' lone loss came at Lynchburg on Saturday where she allowed just two earned runs (seven overall) in six innings.  She also went three innings of a five-inning contest to pick up the win in a 17-1 decision against Sweet Briar.

Kelly Higbie, Roanoke -
(So, P - Midlothian, VA, 23)
Higbie went 3-1 on the week, where she pitched a total of 19.2 innings that included three complete games.  She no-hit Sweet Briar over five innings for a 10-0 win.  She went seven full in beating Emory & Henry (8-1) and Shenandoah (3-2), allowing 10 hits and three runs (one earned) in those two contests combined.  Her loss came against Virginia Intermont.