Lewis, a junior from Glen Allen, Va., led the Jackets to a 7-1 record in ODAC play last week as she tossed a trio of complete games, including a pair of shutouts.  She has now won seven straight starts, improving her overall record to 13-3 on the year.  Lewis opened the week with a five-hit shutout of Randolph College in which she struck out four and walked one.  She backed that with another seven inning effort against Lynchburg, allowing no earned runs in helping her team defeat the Hornets for the first time in any of the current Yellow Jackets' careers.  On Sunday, Lewis brought her weekly innings total to 21 in surrendering just one run on eight hits in a 2-1 win over Guilford.  That victory helped the squad tie the all-time single season wins record at R-MC with 24 (24-set in 2008).

Softball Pitching Honor Roll

Jessica Burcham, Guilford, Senior
Burcham went 1-2 with a 1.68 ERA and 27 strikeouts in five appearances last week… held opponents to a .240 batting average… walked only three batters in 25 innings… threw three scoreless innings in relief during Guilford’s eventual 6-3, 10-inning loss to 15th-ranked Bridgewater… surpassed the 500 career strikeout mark with a season-high 10 strikeouts in a six-hit shutout of Meredith… became the third ODAC student-athlete to reach 500 career softball strikeouts… struck out four in two innings against Sweet Briar… gave up two runs over six innings in a 2-1 loss at Randolph-Macon.

Kaitlyn Morris, Lynchburg, Freshman
Morris went 1-1 last week in a pair of ODAC starts against top competition. She boasted a 1.08 ERA and allowed just 10 hits and one walk in 13 innings.

Kelly Higbie, Roanoke, Freshman
Higbie went five innings against Sweet Briar in a complete game shutout victory, striking out eight batters.  She is now third all-time at Roanoke in single-season wins (18), two shy of second and five away from breaking Amy Laymans' record (22).  Higbie is currently second on the single-season all-time list at Roanoke in shutouts (6) and innings pitched (159.2).  She needs only seven more strikeouts to become only the fourth player at Roanoke to have 100 in a season.

Kristina Karagiorgis, Virginia Wesleyan, Freshman
Karagiorgis pitched three of VWC's six victories during the week to improve to 12-2 overall in the circle. She worked 18.1 innings, struck out 13, walked 10 and allowed 11 hits and only three earned runs.  She also belted five singles in the six game VWC sweep.  Karagiorgis improved her ERA to 1.34.