LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After a career week with 20 RBIs, 16 hits, and five home runs, senior Anna Dunn garnered her first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week accolade of her career.
Against LeTourneau in a doubleheader split April 11, she went 5-for-9 with two home runs, 10 RBIs, and four runs scored. Her seven RBIs in game two against the against the YellowJackets tied the conference single-game record and was the most by a Centenary player in the NCAA Division III era. The seven RBIs were also the seventh-most in a single game this year in the NCAA.
In a four-game set April 14-15, she went 11-for-14 with seven runs scored, three doubles, and three home runs in the Ladies sweep of Dallas. Her two home runs in the second game on Saturday was the first time a Centenary hitter has hit two round trippers in one game in five seasons.
On the bases, Dunn successfully swiped four bases in as many attempts.
In the outfield, she added two assists. In the second game against LeTourneau, she threw a strike from the warning track in right to junior Wendy Gillet at first. Gillet flipped the ball home to easily throw out the runner trying to score.
With the week, she raised her average 87 points and now leads the SCAC in average (.430), slugging percentage (.925), RBIs (44) and home runs (12).
Centenary concludes the 2018 regular season this Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, when it takes on #2 Texas Lutheran for a four-game set. First pitch on Friday in Seguin, Texas, is set for 5 p.m.
