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Cougars Sweep Conference Awards
4/11/2022 2:00:00 PM | Softball
Busch, Wilkey overpower East Carolina, named conference weekly award winners
HOUSTON – Houston softball seniors Bethany Busch and Kenna Wilkey were named The American Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, after overpowering East Carolina in a sweep this past weekend.
Sweeping the weekly awards marks the first time in program history, since joining The American, that a Houston pitcher and position player had each earned the weekly honors in the same week.
Busch drove in a team-leading seven RBI in her return from injury and clobbered two 3-run home runs in back-to-back games as the Cougars swept East Carolina. The Baytown, Texas native drove in a career-high 4 RBI on Saturday and posted back-to-back multi-RBI games on Saturday and Sunday.
Wilkey helped the Cougars remain unbeaten in eight-straight games by tying a season-high nine strikeouts on Sunday and sending seven Pirate batters back to the dugout via strikeout on Friday. The Braidwood, Ill. native recorded back-to-back complete-game shutouts of the Pirates and struck out 16 in 13.0 IP.
Houston is off to its best start in conference play since 2014, when the Cougars started 11-0 in The American, posting a 7-1-1 record to start the conference slate in 2022. UH has now swept back-to-back series' and is unbeaten in its last eight games.
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Sweeping the weekly awards marks the first time in program history, since joining The American, that a Houston pitcher and position player had each earned the weekly honors in the same week.
Busch drove in a team-leading seven RBI in her return from injury and clobbered two 3-run home runs in back-to-back games as the Cougars swept East Carolina. The Baytown, Texas native drove in a career-high 4 RBI on Saturday and posted back-to-back multi-RBI games on Saturday and Sunday.
Wilkey helped the Cougars remain unbeaten in eight-straight games by tying a season-high nine strikeouts on Sunday and sending seven Pirate batters back to the dugout via strikeout on Friday. The Braidwood, Ill. native recorded back-to-back complete-game shutouts of the Pirates and struck out 16 in 13.0 IP.
Houston is off to its best start in conference play since 2014, when the Cougars started 11-0 in The American, posting a 7-1-1 record to start the conference slate in 2022. UH has now swept back-to-back series' and is unbeaten in its last eight games.
STAY CONNECTED
Follow Houston Softball on Twitter and Instagram at UHCougarSB, and "Like" UHCougarSB on Facebook.
JOIN DIAMOND CLUB
Fans can help support the Houston Softball program by joining the Diamond Club. To find out more information about the Diamond Club, visit UHCougars.com or call Cougar Pride at (713) 743-GoUH. For more information, Click Here.
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