Furgerson Named MWC Player of the Week
Freshman pitches 21 innings without allowing an earned run

LAKE FOREST, IL - Lake Forest College freshman softball pitcher Leigh Anne Furgerson (Carmel, IN/Westfield) has been named the Midwest Conference South Division Player of the Week for the week of April 9th-15th.

Furgerson was dominant on the mound over the past week, posting a 2-0 record with one save while not allowing an earned run in 21 innings of action. She appeared in all four of Lake Forest's games last week, leading the team to a 3-0-1 record.

She pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits, striking out three, and walking none in a 9-0 win over Grinnell on Friday (April 13th). She then pitched five scoreless innings of relief in the second game with Grinnell, allowing two hits, strking out four, and walking none in a 4-4 tie. Against Knox on Saturday (April 14th), she fired a complete-game five-hitter. The two runs she allowed in a 7-2 victory over the Prairie Fire were both unearned. She again came on in relief in the nightcap, pitching three scoreless innings in an 11-4 win.

The MWC Sports Information Directors select the league's Players of the Week.