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Trio of Pacers Earn League Softball Honors
Fayetteville, NC -- Three members of the Peace College softball squad earned USA South all-conference honors as announced today from the league office. Sophomore catcher Melissa Williams earned placement on the third team, and first-year pitcher Kendra Yearick received honorable mention recognition. First-year utility player Sophia Jacobs was named to the softball all-sportsmanship team.
Williams led Peace with 43 hits in 124 at-bats (.347), including 26 RBI. She notched seven doubles and two homers, including a three-run walk-off in the final regular season game. Starting all 39 games behind the plate, Williams recorded only one error and notched 30 assists and 213 putouts.
Rookie Yearick tallied an 11-7 overall record for Peace this spring. She notched 112.1 innings pitched in 28 appearances with 15 starts. At the close of the conference regular season, Yearick held the USA South's third-highest strikeout total with 112. In 21 at-bats, she earned four hits with five RBI.
Rookie Pacer Jacobs served as a utility player for Peace.
In 26 appearances Jacobs entered as a pinch runner or
outfielder. She scored eight runs and tallied two hits in
just three appearances at the plate, adding two RBI.
Peace closed the regular season ranked seventh in conference standings. The team will face #10 Mary Baldwin in Friday's opening round of the USA South conference tournament in Burlington, North Carolina. Link HERE to follow all the action of the 2010 Spring Festival. See you on the sidelines!
