Carson City native Daria Leid named AstroTurf-KCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 04/21/2014 - 2:31pm
Kansas Wesleyan’s Daria Leid has been selected as the AstroTurf-KCAC Pitcher of the Week for her efforts in helping the Coyotes to a 4-0 record last week.
Leid, a senior from Carson City, Nev., went 2-0 on the week, as Wesleyan beat Friends 3-2 behind her complete game performance and beat Bethel 10-0 in a run-rule shortened game on Saturday in Newton.
Against Friends, Leid held Friends to just three hits and two runs, while striking out six as KWU beat the Falcons 3-2. Friends batted just .130 as a team in the game, well below their season average of .329.
On Saturday at Bethel, Leid threw Wesleyan’s first no-hitter since the 2008 season as KWU beat the Threshers 10-0 in six innings. She struck out eight batters in the win.
For the week, she had a .073 batting average against, allowing just three hits in 13 innings pitched with 14 strikeouts and four walks.
Wesleyan’s four wins last week boosted its record to 32-7 overall and 13-3 in the KCAC. The Coyotes remain tied for the KCAC lead with Ottawa heading into the final doubleheader of the regular season on Tuesday when Wesleyan hosts Southwestern at 4 p.m. at Bill Burke Park.
This is the first year that AstroTurf has been a title sponsor for the KCAC Baseball and Softball Player of the Week program. For athletes and sport enthusiasts, AstroTurf has redefined the way the game is played. The company offers advanced, state-of-the-art, multi-sport and specialized synthetic turf systems with proprietary engineered technologies, leveraging the industry's first vertically integrated manufacturing system. A growing number of high schools, colleges, professional sports teams and municipalities continue to select AstroTurf-branded products for their premium quality, technical superiority, and safety.
