Big South Announces Softball Players of the Week - April 14

Big South Announces Softball Players of the Week - April 14

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Gardner-Webb's Alli Stidham (Saginaw, Texas) has been named the Big South Softball Player of the Week, while Radford's Dakota Redmon (Stokesdale, N.C.) is the Pitcher of the Week for games played April 7-13, it was announced today. In addition, USC Upstate's Sophia Kardatzke (Jacksonville, Fla.) was selected as the Freshman of the Week honoree.
 
Stidham did it all for the Runnin' Bulldogs during the week, picking up three wins in the circle while hitting .444 (8-for-18) with three doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs. In the circle, Stidham tossed 16.0 total innings for GWU, allowing 19 hits, 9 runs, 8 earned runs and striking out 17 batters. She was particularly good against Presbyterian, with a trio of multi hit games, 7 hits in the series, 6 RBI and 3 doubles as the Runnin' Bulldogs swept.

Redmon kept firing for the Highlanders this past week helping lead the team to three wins at home. The freshman made her first appearance in relief work against UNC Greensboro, working two scoreless innings in a tight 1-0 final for her first career save. In the series opener against Longwood, Redmon tied her career-high for strikeouts in a game with 10 while shutting down the Lancers offense in the 8-0 shutout. Sunday's series finale saw another career-high mark for the newcomer as she went nine innings. Redmon dug deep for eight more strikeouts, never faltering late, while throwing 174 pitches for the eventual walk-off win.

Kardatzke appeared in four games averaging a .312 (5-for-16) batting average while adding three RBIs, and two homers. Kardatzke made two appearances in the circle with her best outing being against No. 18, University of Georgia striking out a batter while only giving up one run.
 
Also nominated for Player of the Week: Maggie Hiatt (Longwood), Grace Bechtol (Radford) and Taliyah Thomas (USC Upstate).
 
Also nominated for Pitcher of the Week: Alli Stidham (Gardner-Webb), Morgan Strickland? (Longwood) and Sierra Maness (USC Upstate).
 
Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: Lauren Spainhower (Gardner-Webb) and Dakota Redmon (Radford).