Monday, April 2, 2007                      

                  PC’s Cassady Named SAC Pitcher Of The Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Presbyterian College’s Paige Cassady was dubbed the South Atlantic Conference’s Pitcher of the Week it was announced by the conference office on Monday.

Cassady led PC to both of its win last week, keeping the Lady Blue Hose in a three-way tie for first place in the SAC with Lenoir-Rhyne and Carson-Newman.

The Orlando, Fla. native pitched two complete game shutouts for the Lady Blue Hose in league wins over Wingate and Lenoir-Rhyne.

Cassady allowed just four hits in the two games, holding the opposing batters to two hits in each game. She also fanned 11 batters, striking out six in a 3-0 game one win over Wingate on Wednesday, March 28 and then following that up by fanning five in a 2-0 game one victory over No. 10 Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday, March 31.

Cassady (12-4) ends the week with a team-high tying 12 wins and four consecutive victories, owning a 0.75 ERA in the four games. All four of the victories have been complete game performances.

Cassady is the third Lady Blue Hose softball player to earn a weekly SAC accolade in the 2007 season.

Mary Gordon (Vernon, Conn.) was named the league’s Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday, March 13 after a strong showing at the 2007 Francis Marion Patriot Invitational. Erin Stewart (Marion, S.C.) obtained the conference’s Pitcher of the Week award last week after hitting. .500 with two game-winning home runs in a perfect 4-0 week for PC.

The South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week is voted on by the Sports Information Directors of the nine member schools.