Clark, a junior from Nathalle, Va., appeared in three games last week, posting a pair of complete game shutouts along the way. She opened the week with a four-hitter in game-one at Randolph. She worked around five walks with a pair of strikeouts in the 6-0 win. She came back with a 4-0 win at Lynchburg in game one. She gave up seven hits and walked one while striking out three. She also recorded the last two LC outs of the bottom of the sixth in a 4-1 game two loss. For the season, Clark is 12-1 with a save and a 2.12 earned run average in 79-1 innings of work. She leads the ODAC with six shutouts and is fourth with 12 complete games.
Softball Pitching Honor Roll
Maggie Shaffer, Guilford - (Fr, P -
Horsham, Pa., 12)
Shaffer went 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA and eight strikeouts in two
appearances on the mound.. She earned back to back complete
game ODAC wins in two days as she held off a #13 Lynchburg rally in
the 7th to preserve a 3-2 win. She helped her own cause with
a two-RBI single for the Quakers' first two runs of game two versus
Emory & Henry.
Hope Johnson, Lynchburg - (So, P -
Evington, VA, 8)
Johnson went 3-1 last week, earning wins against Bridgewater,
Guilford and Roanoke with the loss coming in game one against
RC. In 24 total innings, she gave 11 runs (six earned) on 26
hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts. She gave up four hits
and one run to hand RC its first ODAC loss in game two on
Sunday. Johnson is now 13-2 with a 1.66 ERA covering 22
appearances and 105.2 innings pitched.
Kristen Hutchinson, Randolph - (Jr, P -
Rockville, VA, 19)
Hutchinson went the distance against EMU in game two on Tuesday,
picking up a win while allowing just one run on 10 hits and
striking out two. Saturday against No. 12 Roanoke College, she
surrendered four hits and one run over five innings of work in a
2-0 loss.
Stephanie Cameron, Shenandoah - (Jr, P -
Ocala, Fla., 14)
Cameron won twice last week, picking up a 2-1 triumph over
Stevenson and a 16-2 victory at Emory & Henry. She went
nine innings to get the win against the Mustangs, giving up one run
while scattering seven hits and walking five. She fanned nine
in the effort. She was one short of 10 strikeouts against the
Wasps as she worked four innings of the shortened contest, giving
up two runs (one earned) on three hits.
Mackenzie Creech, Va. Wesleyan - (Jr,
Pitcher - Hillsborough, N.C., 4)
Creech helped VWC to a 4-0 week, all ODAC wins, with two more
pitching victories to increase her season victory total to 15. That
is the 10th highest total in VWC history. She pitched two complete
games, including a 10-inning contest in a 3-2 win over Bridgewater.
Creech struck out 16 batters in the two games, including a
season-high 12 against BC. She shutout EMU 4-0 earlier in the
week, giving up eight hits and walking two with four strikeouts in
seven innings. She improved her season ERA to 1.29. She is
now 15-3 on the season with 88 strikeouts.