Fresno State Athletics
Softball Sweeps Western Athletic Conference Honors
2/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feb. 18, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. - Senior third baseman Lindsay Fossatti and freshman right-hander Jamie Southern were named Western Athletic Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, after guiding the Bulldogs to a fourth-place finish with a 3-1 mark at the Campbell/Cartier Tournament last weekend.
Having their final game rained out against Utah State, Fossatti picks up her third career WAC Player of the Week accolade while Southern is honored for the second straight week.
Fossatti, who had a pair of multiple-hit games over the weekend, was the only Bulldog to have at least one hit in all four games played. In the tourney opener versus #23 San Diego State, Fossatti had two of the team's three hits while going 2-3 and notching the game-winning RBI with a two-out shot to left field. Against Florida International, Fossatti went 1-1 and was walked twice. Against UC Santa Barbara, Fossatti went 1-2 with one run, one walk and a RBI. Against CS Northridge, Fossatti knocked in the 'Dogs first run with a solo home run and went 2-3 with a run, walk and RBI. Recording at least one RBI in four of her last five games, Fossatti has a current five-game hitting streak and is batting .769 (10-13) with three runs, double, two home runs, four walks, seven RBI and 17 total bases for a 1.308 slugging percentage. With the four walks picked up last weekend, Fossatti is ranked No. 4 all-time in school and WAC history with 81. Tallying her second home run this past weekend, Fossatti moves into sole possession of seventh place all-time at Fresno State with 11.
Southern went 3-0 for the second straight weekend and recorded three shutout wins, including a 1-0 victory over #23 San Diego State. Averaging nearly 11 strikeouts in three games pitched, Southern struck out a career-high 14 against SDSU on a one-hitter and followed that with a 13 strikeout performance on a one-hitter against Florida International in back to back starts. The 14 strikeouts was one short of tying the school's single-game record (15) while her bid for a no-hitter versus FIU ended in the seventh with one out. Against UC Santa Barbara, Southern scattered three hits and struck out five. In the tournament, she struck out 32 in 21.0 innings while opponents managed a .078 batting average against her. With a 6-0 record on the year that includes eight appearances with six starts and six complete games, Southern has tossed five shutouts and has yielded one run while opponents are batting .113 against her. With a 2-0 mark and a save against the Top 25 teams in her career, Southern is 8-0 in her career with seven shutouts and seven complete games in eight starts in 12 appearances. She has pitched 59.1 innings has given up 22 hits, 1 run, 0 earned runs, 16 walks and has struck out 74 (8.76 strikeouts 7/IP) for a 0.00 ERA.
