SCIAC Softball Weekly Release No. 14

REDLANDS, Calif. – The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) announced their Softball Athletes of the Week in the fourteenth week of voting and University of Redlands senior first baseman Tyesen Gordon (Lathrop, CA) was named the SCIAC Hitter of the Week for the third time this season.

Tyesen helped fuel the University of Redlands Softball teams offense over the weekend during their series clinch over Occidental College (W: 5-4, L: 3-2, W: 12-2), which notched the Bulldogs their second consecutive SCIAC Regular Season Championship Title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SCIAC Tournament.  Gordon was huge for the Maroon and Grey going 7-for-11 at the plate, while hitting .636, with an OBP of .615 and slugging 1.000.  She also combined for a triple, two doubles, three runs scored, six RBI's, and a walk.

In the first game of the series she drove in four of the Bulldogs five runs, which included the walk-off triple in the bottom half of the seventh that propelled UR to the opening win of the three-game set.  That game she almost hit for the cycle missing out by a homerun as she collected a single, double, and a triple, all while hitting .667, with an OBP of .500 and slugging 1.667.  In Game 2 she batted .500 with another double and an RBI and then provided a huge performance in Game 3 posting a 3-for-4 effort scoring three times, driving in one, all while batting .750, slugging .750 and posting an OBP of .800.     

Redlands prepares to host the upcoming SCIAC Tournament this weekend, May 6-8 at the "Field of Dreams".  They open up against Pomona-Pitzer on Friday, May 6 with gametime to be determined.