Myka Sutherlin, Cal State Fullerton
Softball Pitcher of the Week
Senior • Pitcher • Gilbert, Ariz. |
• Myka Sutherlin made four appearances in the circle during the initial weekend of the 2023 season, starting twice, and fired 15.0 innings with 19 strikeouts to earn a fourth Big West Softball Pitcher of the Week recognition.
• The senior and second-year Pacific transfer had an ERA of 0.93 as reigning Big West champion and preseason favorite Cal State Fullerton went 3-2 for openers. The Titans lost 3-0 at No. 2 UCLA in their first action on Thursday night, with Sutherlin registering the final four outs.
• Sutherlin’s weekend featured a complete-game shutout (2-0) with a career-high 14 strikeouts against Utah State on Friday at the Bruins’ Easton Stadium to give the Titans their first victory of 2023. The right-hander out of Gilbert, Ariz., scattered just a pair of late hits without issuing a walk, facing two over the minimum. An infield single broke up the no-hit bid to lead off the sixth.
• Sutherlin’s prior Big West Pitcher of the Week awards all came last season, on Feb. 28 and then back-to-back on March 21 and March 28.
Also Nominated: Taylor Fitzgerald (UC Davis); Brianna Lopez (Hawai’i); Alexis Martinez (CSUN); Grace Pieson (UC Riverside); Sophia Ramuno (Cal Poly); Gabby Williams (UC San Diego);
Carly Robbins, Long Beach State
Softball Field Player of the Week
Redshirt Sophomore • Third Base • Los Alamitos, Calif. |
• Carly Robbins hit .538 (7-for-13) with an on-base percentage of .625 over five starts at third base at No. 12 Arizona’s Candrea Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
• The second-year South Carolina transfer who sat out the entire campaign after arriving a season ago, reached base safely in all five contests and had a hit in four. Robbins made a Beach debut on Thursday by going 1-for-1 with two walks, one RBI and seven assists in a win over Kansas.
• The Los Alamitos product went 2-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch, run and an RBI single in two losses to the host Wildcats, who completed the weekend a perfect 5-0. Robbins added an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch in a victory over NC State, and closed by going 3-for-5 with a run, double and an RBI in LBSU’s rematch with the Jayhawks on Saturday.
• Robbins handled all 14 defensive chances at the hot corner without an error.
Also Nominated: Julia Barnett (Cal Poly); Mikayla Carman (CSUN); Megan Delgadillo (Cal State Fullerton); Bella Fuentes (UC Santa Barbara); Izabella Martinez (Hawai’i); Sarah Nakahara (UC Davis); Deena Pederson (UC San Diego);
Makayla Medellin, Long Beach State
Softball Freshman of the Week
Freshman • Outfielder • Yorba Linda, Calif. |
• Makayla Medellin smacked two home runs and a double en route to slugging .688 during a first weekend of college softball as Long Beach State began its 2023 campaign with a 2-3 mark at the Candrea Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
• Medellin hit the go-ahead homer, a two-run shot to center in the third that broke a 2-2 tie, to lift the Beach to a season-opening 6-5 triumph over Kansas on Thursday. It meant a first collegiate hit for the Yorba Linda native.
• The 2022 graduate of Yorba Linda High School then added another go-ahead two-run blast against the Jayhawks with two gone in the sixth inning of Saturday’s eventual 9-8 loss.
• Medellin completed the weekend with a team-leading (tied) five RBI, batting .250 (4-for-16) with three of those four hits of the extra-base variety, and three runs scored. The outfielder started four games in right and the other in center, notching six clean putouts.
Also Nominated: Isabella Alonso (CSUN); Key-annah Campbell-Pua (Hawai’i); Bella Fuentes (UC Santa Barbara); Sophia Ramuno (Cal Poly);
| 2023 Big West Softball Weekly Winners |