ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Softball Players of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 25, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in games played last week.
Jena Pacheco (
Spring Hill) and
Savanna Marshall (
Benedict) were recognized.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – JENA PACHECO, SPRING HILL COLLEGE
Infielder | Senior | Vancleave, Miss.
Pacheco went 4-for-5 (.320) across two games on the road at Montevallo. She recorded two RBIs and a home run in her all-around offensive showing.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK – SAVANNA MARSHALL, BENEDICT COLLEGE
Pitcher | Senior | Upper Marlboro, Md.
Savanna Marshall was the winning pitcher in both of Benedict's wins over Fort Valley State over the weekend. In Game 1, she scattered seven hits and allowed just 1 earned runs, while striking out 9 and walking 3. In Game 3, she went 6 innings and allowed only 4 hits and 2 earned runs, while striking out 1 and walking 1. She also pitched 2 innings of relief in Game 2 and did not allow a hit or run, and struck out 1. For the weekend, she pitched 14 innings, allowed 3 earned runs, gave up 11 hits and struck out 11 while walking 4.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.