SPARTANBURG, S.C. – UNCG third baseman Maycin Brown and right-hander Morgan Scott have been named the Southern Conference softball player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for games from March 21-27. The awards are selected by the league office.
 
UNCG was dominant on both sides of the ball in its sweep of Mercer over the weekend, opening defense of its regular-season SoCon title with three run-rule wins. The Spartans swept Saturday’s doubleheader 15-4 and 12-4 before completing the sweep with Sunday’s 19-1 win.
 
Brown was perfect at the plate over the weekend, going 8-for-8 with six RBIs and eight runs scored over three games. Six of her eight hits went for extra bases, as she complemented her 1.000 batting average with a 2.500 slugging percentage. She was also hit by a pitch and hit a sacrifice fly, giving her an on-base percentage of .900 for the week. She was 2-for-2 with two doubles, a sac fly and two runs scored in Saturday’s first game before hitting two-run home runs in each of the first two innings in Saturday’s second game as part of a 3-for-3 effort in which she scored three runs. In Sunday’s game, she fell a triple short of the cycle, scoring three times on the day.
 
Scott picked up two of UNCG’s three wins over the Bears on the weekend, going 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA in 8 innings of work. She earned her first win of the weekend in Saturday’s first game, allowing a run on five hits and two walks in 3 innings, striking out six. The next day, she picked up a 5-inning complete-game win, allowing a run on three hits and a walk, striking out seven. For the weekend, she struck out 13 against just three walks.
 
UNCG (20-10, 3-0 SoCon) hosts Radford for a doubleheader Wednesday before renewing its rivalry with Western Carolina (14-14, 2-1) in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this weekend. The Spartans and Catamounts faced off five times last season, with UNCG sweeping WCU on the final weekend to clinch the regular-season title and topping the Catamounts twice in the SoCon tournament, including in the title game.
 
Other nominees for player of the week: Andrea Sarhatt (ETSU), Emily Bartlett (Furman), Acelynn Sellers (Chattanooga) and Bailey Huneycutt (Western Carolina).
 
Other nominees for pitcher of the week: Allison Farr (ETSU), Alyssa Lavdis (Chattanooga) and Savannah Rice (Western Carolina).
 
2022 SoCon Softball Players of the Week
Feb. 14             Timberlyn Shurbutt, Sr., 3B, Samford
Feb. 21             Jordan Gontram, Gr., DP, UNCG
Feb. 28             Blayke Batten, Jr., 1B/RF, UNCG
March 7            Delaney Cumbie, Sr., C, UNCG
March 14          Mary Katherine Tedder, Gr., UT, Samford
March 21          Grace Loftin, Fr., LF, UNCG
March 28          Maycin Brown, Jr., 3B, UNCG
 
2022 SoCon Softball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 14             Jayme Eilers, Jr., Western Carolina
Feb. 21             Brooke Parrott, Jr., Chattanooga
Feb. 28             Jordan Walters, So., Samford
March 7            Sierra Tufts, So., Furman
March 14          Morgan Scott, Jr., UNCG
March 21          Hannah Wood, Jr., Chattanooga
March 28          Morgan Scott, Jr., UNCG