Harrell Named C-USA Softball Co-Pitcher Of The Week
April 17, 2006 | Softball
April 17, 2006
IRVING, Texas - East Carolina junior Keli Harrell and UCF sophomore Allison Kime share the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors, while Southern Miss sophomore Jennifer Fox earned her second Hitter of the Week honor following the trio's efforts in leading their respective teams to C-USA series wins over the weekend. Harrell's honor is her third accolade of the season, while Kime picked up her second weekly honor.
Harrell secured two wins and a save in the circle as the Pirates swept a three-game league series from UTEP. For the week, the junior tossed three-complete games, allowing five earned runs and fanning 18 batters in 22 innings of work. In game one against the Miners, Harrell tossed a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts. The league's Preseason Pitcher of the Year saved game two with an inning of scoreless relief and moved into fourth on the school's career wins list with 54 after picking up the victory in game three.
Kime ended the Golden Knights' 18-game losing streak with a complete-game victory over in-state rival USF on Wednesday. It was UCF's first-ever win over the Bulls as Kime fanned 11 in that contest. The sophomore also secured the team's first C-USA win of the season in game one vs. Memphis, allowing only an unearned run on four hits. For the week, Kime struck out 24 batters in 21 innings.
Fox went 4-for-9 (.444) with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in the Golden Eagles' series win over UAB. After dropping game one, Fox went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in game two giving her team-leading totals of 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games for the season. In the series-clinching win, Fox delivered the game-winning RBI single and also scored a run and stole a base.
