Higginbotham, a senior from Glen Allen, Va., put together strong week in leading Virginia Wesleyan to a 6-0 record. She went 12-for-20 at the dish with three doubles, a homer and 10 runs batted in. She also scored 11 times and stole 10 bases without being caught. She had at least one hit in each game, including a pair of 3-for-4 efforts with a homer, seven RBI, five runs scored and five stolen bases in a doubleheader sweep (8-3, 14-0) of Eastern Mennonite. For the season, Higginbotham is sixth in the ODAC with a .425 batting average. She leads the league in triples, is second in stolen bases (24) and third in RBI (34).
Softball Player Honor Roll
Taylor Doss, Emory & Henry (So., 1B - Damascus,
Va.)
Doss led E&H to a 3-1 week and right in the thick of the
action as the tournament approaches. She went 7-for-13 from
the dish with a double, triple and six RBI. She went 4-for-4
with four RBI in a 10-8 win at Shenandoah, which setup a
doubleheader sweep of the Hornets.
Cynthia Hayes, Guilford (Sr., IF - Seagrove, N.C.)
Hayes hit .476 (10-for-21) last week with four
two-hit games in the Quakers1-5 week. She scored five runs
and drove in three more. Her on-base streak stands at 34
straight games, while her new hitting streak has already reached 10
consecutive contests.
Jessi Hall, Lynchburg (Jr., OF - Floyd, Va.)
Hall went 7-for-18 (.389) with three walks and five stolen
bases in the Hornets' 5-1 week. She scored four runs,
including a pair with a RBI in an 8-0 win over Guilford in the
first game of a doubleheader sweep of the Quakers.
Hunter Glave, Randolph (Fr., 1B - Ashland, Va.)
Glave batted .500 (7-for-14) with a double, two
homers and 11 RBI in the WildCats' 4-0 week. She also scored
eight runs and walked three times towards a .556 OBP. Her
second homer of the week was a two-run shot in game one against
Roanoke. It sent the game into extra innings, with Randolph
eventually winning, 12-11.
Sharese Jarvis, Randolph-Macon (Jr., SS - Cobbs Creek,
Va.)
Jarvis went 11-for-21 (.524) with a double, a homer,
eight RBI and eight runs scored in R-MC's 3-3 week. She had
three hits in two separate games, including a 3-for-4 showing with
a homer and two RBI in a 6-5 loss to EMU. She also stole five
bases on the week.