Softball: Stewart Selected LSWA’s Pitcher of the Week

LAFAYETTE – Alex Stewart‘s efforts in the No. 9-ranked Ragin’ Cajuns softball team’s Sun Belt Conference championship-clinching doubleheader sweep last weekend at Georgia Southern earned her this week’s Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Softball Pitcher of the Week award.
 
Stewart struck out nine and pitched 11 scoreless innings in Saturday’s doubleheader at Georgia Southern guiding the Ragin’ Cajuns to the outright Sun Belt Conference championship and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
 
It’s her third honor from the LSWA this season. She was named Pitcher of the Month for February and Pitcher of the Week on April 5.
 
Below are the highlights from Stewart’s performance at Georgia Southern:
 
LSWA PITCHER OF THE WEEK (May 4, 2016)
ALEX STEWART – LOUISIANA — Jr., P
2-1 on the week – Vs. Ga Southern, W 5-0, 12-1; L 2-0 … Alex Stewart struck out nine and pitched 11 scoreless innings in Saturday’s doubleheader at Georgia Southern guiding the Ragin’ Cajuns to the outright Sun Belt Conference championship and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament…She retired the first nine batters she faced, struck out eight and held Georgia Southern to three hits over six scoreless innings in the Game 1 victory that clinched the No. 1 seed and a share of the championship…She pitched five more scoreless innings in Game 2 and retired the final nine hitters she faced after being handed the lead, steering the Ragin’ Cajuns to the outright SBC title…The doubleheader sweep increased her Sun Belt-leading wins total in league play to 13…Stewart did not allow a Georgia Southern runner past second base the entire twinbill…She ended the series with only one run allowed over 14 innings pitched and saw her most recent string of consecutive scoreless innings pitched in SBC play extended to 21 innings…Stewart did not issue a single walk to any of the 55 batters she faced and has now pitched walk-free in each of her last six appearances (since App State series opener), a span of 22 innings.
 
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