UCR softball player earns Big West honor
The Big West conference announced Monday that sophomore designated player Marissa Alvidrez earned Big West Softball Player of the Week for the week ending March 2nd.
Alvridrez earns her first career player of the week award after posting a .517 batting average with three home runs, seven RBI, five runs, and five doubles during the week. She also posted a 2.84 ERA and picked up a win and save in the circle for the Highlanders in their nine games last week.
UCR picked five wins during the week including a game two against Eastern Michigan on Tuesday after Alvidrez led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo blast to give UCR a 1-0 win. Later in the week at the UTEP tournament, Alvidrez continued to pound the ball with a 3-for-4 effort and a solo homer against Georgetown. She followed that game with a 4-for-5 performance including a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in the extra-inning win over Binghamton. Her three-run shot in the bottom of the seventh of that game sent it to extra frames.
The Highlanders are home for match-ups against Notre Dame on Tuesday and a doubleheader with Southern Utah on Wednesday.
Alvridrez earns her first career player of the week award after posting a .517 batting average with three home runs, seven RBI, five runs, and five doubles during the week. She also posted a 2.84 ERA and picked up a win and save in the circle for the Highlanders in their nine games last week.
UCR picked five wins during the week including a game two against Eastern Michigan on Tuesday after Alvidrez led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo blast to give UCR a 1-0 win. Later in the week at the UTEP tournament, Alvidrez continued to pound the ball with a 3-for-4 effort and a solo homer against Georgetown. She followed that game with a 4-for-5 performance including a homer, three RBI and two runs scored in the extra-inning win over Binghamton. Her three-run shot in the bottom of the seventh of that game sent it to extra frames.
The Highlanders are home for match-ups against Notre Dame on Tuesday and a doubleheader with Southern Utah on Wednesday.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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