SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga’s Anyssa Robles and Kailey Palazzolo have been named the Southern Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, the league announced Monday. The selections are made by the Southern Conference office.
Robles batted .500 over four games last week, going 6-for-12 with a homer, five RBIs and a run scored as the Mocs’ won the SoCon regular season title with a comeback, extra-inning win on Sunday.
The junior catcher recorded a hit in all four games while recording a pair of multi-hit games in the first two of the three-game series against Samford.
Robles would provide the heroics in the series finale, hitting a two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom of the 8th to give Chattanooga the 4-3 victory and the SoCon Regular Season Championship. Earlier in the week, Robles was 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs and a run in the series opener against Samford on Saturday. She followed with another 2-for-3 performance in game one of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Bulldogs.
The native of Lawrenceville, Ga. earns her first weekly honor of the season.
Kailey Palazzolo earned the win in Sunday’s series finale against Samford to clinch the Mocs’ title. The freshman pitcher tossed 8.0 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits with six walks against eight strikeouts in the 4-3 UTC victory.
Earlier in the week, Palazzolo tossed a scoreless inning of relief to earn the save as Chattanooga topped Middle Tennessee State, 4-2,on Tuesday. The native of Chino, Calif. has finished 13 games for the Mocs this season, second most in the SoCon, and has recorded three saves on the year while Sunday’s start was just her second of the season.
Also nominated for Player of the Week: Lindsey Bert (Furman), Taylor Miller (Mercer)
Also nominated for Pitcher of the Week: Lindsey Bert (Furman), Kirsten Stevens (Mercer)
2015 Softball Players of the Week
Feb. 9 – Natalie Shiver, Mercer
Feb. 16 – Caitlin Bice, Samford
Feb. 23 – Nicole Osterman, Chattanooga
Mar. 2 – Sieara Bishop, Furman
Mar. 9 – Nicole Thomas, UNCG
Mar. 16 – Riley Carter, Mercer
Mar. 23 – Courtney Price, Western Carolina
Mar. 30 – Nicole Osterman, Chattanooga
Apr. 6 – Callie Brister, Samford
Apr. 13 – Sarah Beth Roberts, Chattanooga
Apr. 20 – Elise Smith, Furman
Apr. 27 – Natalie Shiver, Mercer
May 4 – Anyssa Robles, Chattanooga
2015 Softball Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 9 – Mollie Hanson, Samford
Feb. 16 – Jordan Garrett, Western Carolina
Feb. 23 – Cori Jennings, Chattanooga
Mar. 2 – Kirsten Stevens, Mercer
Mar. 9 – Lindsey Bert, Furman
Mar. 16 – Kirsten Stevens, Mercer
Mar. 23 – Cori Jennings, Chattanooga
Mar. 30 – Kirsten Stevens, Mercer
Apr. 6 – Jordan Garrett, Western Carolina
Apr. 13 – Jordan Garrett, Western Carolina
Apr. 20 – Kirsten Stevens, Mercer
Apr. 27 – Lindsey Bert, Furman
May 4 – Kailey Palazzolo, Chattanooga