Charlotte Morgan Tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week
3/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ?? Charlotte Morgan received her second SEC Freshman of the Week award on Monday after helping the University of Alabama softball team improve to 24-0 on the season with a series sweep over Mississippi State to begin SEC play.
Morgan, a first baseman and pitcher from Moreno Valley, Calif., guided the Tide to three wins over conference foe Mississippi State over the weekend. She reached base in five of her eight plate appearance for a .625 on-base percentage. She scored four runs in the three games and drove in three others. In the opening game she scored twice and had one hit. She reached base on two walks in the second game and then was 2-for-2 with a three-run home run and a sacrifice bunt in the series finale. In Sunday's contest she put the Tide in front with her three-run home run and then moved runners over to second and third with a sacrifice bunt to set up a two-run single that made the score 5-0.
She also came in to finish the second game of the series and recorded her first collegiate save after pitching 1.2 innings with two hits allowed and one strikeout. She entered with runners on first and second and one out in the sixth inning.
Alabama has had four weekly conference honors in 2007. Morgan is a two-time Freshman of the Week while Lauren Parker and Brittany Rogers have each received Player of the Week honors.
The Tide will be on the road this week. They play a doubleheader against Florida in Gainesville on Wednesday and then travel to Columbia, S.C. for a three-game weekend set.
