SDSU SOFTBALL'S MOLLY STURDIVANT NAMED MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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Sophomore batted .524 with two homers, eight RBIs, six runs and four doubles last week

Source: goaztecs.com

February 28, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State’s Molly Sturdivant (Santa Ana, Calif.) has been named the Mountain West Softball Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. It is the first career award for the sophomore and the first by an Aztec this season.

Sturdivant, a third baseman, led SDSU to a 5-1 record over the week, including a 4-1 mark at the competitive Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic over the weekend in Cathedral City, Calif. San Diego State defeated 2016 NCAA tournament qualifiers Oklahoma State (17-5 in six innings) and No. 17/17 Utah (3-2), along with Stanford (5-4) and New Mexico State (10-2 in five innings). The Aztecs’ only setback was a 6-4 decision to No. 1/1 Florida State.

Coupled with a 10-4 win over Siena on Tuesday, Sturdivant was 11-for-21 (.524) with two home runs, eight RBIs, six runs, four doubles and a walk, owning a .545 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging mark. Sturdivant, who had at least one hit in all six games, led SDSU in batting average, hits (11), doubles, home runs, total bases (21) and slugging percentage.

Sturdivant started out her week Tuesday against Siena by going 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run. On Friday, she was 4-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs, a double and a walk against Oklahoma State. Later in the night against No. 1/1 Florida State, Sturdivant had a single.

Sturdivant had another single on Saturday night vs. Stanford. On Sunday, she was 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and two runs vs. New Mexico State. Sturdivant ended her stellar weekend against No. 17/17 Utah with a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning to put San Diego State up for good at 3-2 and proved to be the game-winning RBI and run.

On the season, Sturdivant leads the Aztecs with a .533 average (16-for-30), while adding 10 RBIs, seven runs, five doubles and two home runs. She has at least one hit in all nine games she has played this year.

SDSU (8-5), which is receiving votes in both the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, co-hosts the San Diego Classic I this weekend, beginning with games Thursday vs. McNeese State (3:30 p.m. PT) and Brigham Young (6 p.m. PT).


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