Monday, April 28, 2003

Wingate University pitcher Katie Wallace named
Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP
PC’s Rocker & Teal named to SAC All-Tournament team

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Wingate University junior pitcher Katie Wallace was named the Most Valuable Player of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament, after leading the Bulldogs to the tournament title.

For the tournament, Wallace threw four complete games (29.0 innings), with a 4-0 record, a 2.79 ERA and 15 strikeouts. Wallace was one of five Bulldogs on the All-Tournament team. Also making the squad from Wingate were Grace Cunningham, Amy Parmalee, Stephanie White and Cameron Langston.

White hit .333 during the tournament with three RBI, while Langston hit .364 with one RBI. Parmalee hit .455 during the tournament with three RBI and Cunningham hit .400, including going 3-for-4 with an RBI in the championship game.

Runner-up Carson-Newman placed three on the All-Tournament team: pitcher Megan Elliott, Lisa Rogers and Brooke Randolph.

Representing Presbyterian College were Amanda Teal and Beth Rocker. The final member of the All-Tournament team is Misty Bingham of Lenoir-Rhyne.