Delynn Rippy and Sierra Hyland notched the final softball weekly awards of the 2016 season.
Rippy Leads Titan Offense In Series Win
Cal state Fullerton junior Delynn Rippy (Oceanside, Calif./El Camino HS) earned Big West Softball Field Player of the Week accolades as she posted three straight multi-hit games in a series victory over UC Santa Barbara.
Rippy hit .667 (6-for-9) with four runs scored and three RBIs, accounting for more than half of the 13 runs the Titans scored in the series. She had a .700 on-base percentage and .889 slugging percentage.
The right fielder was the only Titan to record a multi-hit game as she finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in the series-opening 3-1 win. She drove home the eventual game-winner with a second inning RBI-single. Rippy also scored an insurance run in the fifth and picked up her 14th stolen base of the season in the game.
Rippy roped a two-run double to give the Titans a 3-0 lead in the second game, one they ultimately would lose 4-3 due to a late UCSB comeback. She finished 2-for-2 with a walk.
In addition to going 2-for-4 in the rubber game, a 7-1 victory, Rippy scored three times and tallied her second double of the series. The Titans finished the regular season 17-4 in conference and champions of the Big West.
Others nominated: Stephanie Heyward (Cal Poly); Katie Hooper (CSUN); Tierra Falo (Long Beach State); Melanie Menor (UC Santa Barbara); Sarah Muzik (Hawai‘i)
Hyland Earns 11th Career Pitcher of the Week Award
Moving into a tie for fourth all-time for Big West Softball Pitcher of the Week awards, Cal Poly junior Sierra Hyland (Visalia, Calif./El Diamante HS) accumulated her 11th career honors thanks to a pair of dominant performances.
The right-hander tied Pacific’s Cindy Ball (1999-02) on the all-time citations list. Hyland won the award six times as a freshman, once as a sophomore, and on four occasions this season.
To accomplish the feat, she had two solid efforts in the circle against UC Riverside. With the offense providing a combined four runs of support in her two starts, Hyland allowed just one run in 17.0 innings of work.
She threw a complete game in Cal Poly’s 3-1 win to open the series. She allowed just five hits, walked two and struck out one.
In the season finale, Hyland pitched all 10 innings of a 1-0 Mustang victory. She did not walk a batter and fanned three while scattering seven hits.
For the week, Hyland was 2-0 with a 0.41 ERA and a .203 opponent batting average. She completed the year with a 1.19 ERA, the fourth-lowest total in program single-season history.
Others nominated: Desiree Ybarra (Cal State Fullerton); Taylor Troost (CSUN); Christina Clermont (Long Beach State); Tayler Misfeldt (UC Riverside); Kanani Aina Cabrales (Hawai‘i)