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Christensen is Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week
Release Date:
March 30, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Pitcher Sarah Christensen (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg)
was named the Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week after she moved
to No. 2 on the all-time strikeout list at Monmouth and helped the
Fighting Scots to their biggest win of the season.
Christensen struck out eight batters in a 5-4 win over MacMurray
Wednesday to tie Kim Buckert’s 201 career Ks. She then took
sole possession of second place with three strikeouts in a 3-2 win
the next day against 18th ranked Illinois Wesleyan.
Christensen, who worked the first five innings against IWU Thursday,
kept Monmouth within striking distance. The senior hurler allowed
just one run before leaving the game trailing 1-0. Against
MacMurray, Christensen worked out of a bases loaded, one out jam in
the first inning before settling in to fan five of the next of the
next six batters.
For the week, Christensen was 1-0 while recording 11 strikeouts
with one walk and a 2.10 ERA. Opposing batters hit just .225 against
Christensen.
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