DePonte, Plain Win Pac-12 Weekly Honors
March 06, 2018 | Softball
SAN FRANCISCO - For the fourth time this season, the #1 Washington Huskies were honored by the Pac-12 with the Player of the Week award, with Julia DePonte taking home the first of her career.Β Gabbie Plain was also named the Freshman of the Week by the conference.Β The pair helped lead Washington to a 5-0 week, including two wins over #11 Alabama.
DePonte becomes the third different Husky to win the Pac-12's Player of the Week award this season, the first time since 2000 that Washington has had that many different players win the award.Β It is also the first time since 2000 that Washington has won the Player of the Week at least four times. DePonte joins Taylor Van Zee and Kirstyn Thomas as Huskies who have won Player of the Week this year, with Thomas having been so honored twice. Washington has never had more than four Pac-12 Player of the Week awards in one season.
DePonteΒ hit three home runs in two days, hitting .385/.471/1.077 for the week.Β The senior had at least one hit in every game of the Husky Classic, driving in five runs and scoring five as well.Β She put the Huskies up for good against #11 Alabama in the first game of the Husky Classic with a two-run homer, starting the scoring in a 8-0 run-rule victory.
Plain became the first Husky since Taran Alvelo in 2016 to be named the Pac-12's Freshman of the Week.Β In three appearances, Plain allowed just three total hits, extending her scoreless streak to 16.0 innings, her second 10+ inning scoreless streak this season.Β She picked up two wins over #11 Alabama on the weekend, a complete-game shutout in game one and a one-hit, 4.0-inning appearance in the second matchup.Β Plain has allowed only one extra-base hit all season.
Washington hits the road for its last non-conference tournament this weekend, heading to Las Vegas for the Rebel Classic.Β Washington will play New Mexico State on Friday, March 9 at 1:30 pm in its first game of the tournament.
Make sure to follow Husky softball on Twitter with the username @UWSoftball and on Instagram at uwsoftball.
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DePonte becomes the third different Husky to win the Pac-12's Player of the Week award this season, the first time since 2000 that Washington has had that many different players win the award.Β It is also the first time since 2000 that Washington has won the Player of the Week at least four times. DePonte joins Taylor Van Zee and Kirstyn Thomas as Huskies who have won Player of the Week this year, with Thomas having been so honored twice. Washington has never had more than four Pac-12 Player of the Week awards in one season.
DePonteΒ hit three home runs in two days, hitting .385/.471/1.077 for the week.Β The senior had at least one hit in every game of the Husky Classic, driving in five runs and scoring five as well.Β She put the Huskies up for good against #11 Alabama in the first game of the Husky Classic with a two-run homer, starting the scoring in a 8-0 run-rule victory.
Plain became the first Husky since Taran Alvelo in 2016 to be named the Pac-12's Freshman of the Week.Β In three appearances, Plain allowed just three total hits, extending her scoreless streak to 16.0 innings, her second 10+ inning scoreless streak this season.Β She picked up two wins over #11 Alabama on the weekend, a complete-game shutout in game one and a one-hit, 4.0-inning appearance in the second matchup.Β Plain has allowed only one extra-base hit all season.
Washington hits the road for its last non-conference tournament this weekend, heading to Las Vegas for the Rebel Classic.Β Washington will play New Mexico State on Friday, March 9 at 1:30 pm in its first game of the tournament.
Make sure to follow Husky softball on Twitter with the username @UWSoftball and on Instagram at uwsoftball.
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