4/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 10, 2007
FRISCO, Texas - Junior Amanda Swofford earned her first Aeropostale SLC Softball Player of the Week honor as announced by the conference office today. Swofford was selected as hitter of the week for helping UTA to a 4-0 record last week including a three-game sweep of Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
The Buda, Texas native hit her first home run of the season on Wednesday to give UTA a 1-0 extra-inning win at North Texas. Swofford then went on to hit her second home run in as many games in the Mavs first game of the series against the Islanders, finishing with two hits in each of the final two games of the series as UTA swept the conference series.
Freshman Heather Fortenberry was named to the Honorable Mention list for pitcher of the week after improving her overall record to 11-1, as she posted a 3-0 record last week. In two compete game games in the circle last week, Fortenberry posted back-to-back shutouts with wins over North Texas and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. For the week, she only gave up four runs on 11 hits while striking out 12.
The Mavs will take a break from SLC action when they head to Shreveport, La. for a doubleheader against Centenary on Wednesday. The first game is set for a 5 p.m. start at Centenary Softball Complex.
