OLLU Softball Sweeps RRAC Weekly Awards
Waco, Texas- Junior infielder Lilly Rocha guided her team to a 9-0 shutout over powerhouse Texas Wesleyan. The Saints lost to the Rams in the second game, 8-5. Rocha went 4-for-5, adding a home run and three RBIs. She listed a 1.600 slugging percentage, .857 on-base percentage, and a .800 batting average.
Rocha contributed 15 at-bats, four runs, seven hits, three doubles, two home runs, and nine RBIs for a batting average of .467, .579 on-base percentage, and 1.067 slugging percentage.
OLLU, ranked 12th in the nation, leads the conference with 20 doubles, .383 batting average, .462 on-base percentage, and .662 slugging percentage.
Senior right-handed pitcher Annika Litterio pitched a complete game, allowing two hits and no runs, as she struck out seven in the team's 9-0 win over Texas Wesleyan. She hit the walk-off home run to give the Saints the run-rule victory in five innings. In the second game, the Saints lost 8-5. Litterio pitched 1.2 innings.
Litterio is second in the RRAC with 22 strikeouts. OLLU, ranked 12th in the nation, has tallied 30.2 innings pitched, while striking out 37 for an ERA of 4.11. The Saints are 5-1 overall.