Ashley Earns Second Straight Jayhawk Pitcher of the Week Award
Seward County ace Monique Ashley continued her domination of Jayhawk Conference opponents last week, earning a pair of wins and a save to pick up her second straight Jayhawk West Pitcher of the Week award as announced by the league on Tuesday.
Ashley spearheaded a three win week for the Lady Saints, factoring in the decision of all three contests for Seward. Wednesday against Barton, she struck out eight in a complete game win against the Cougars. Saturday she saw action in both games of Seward's doubleheader with Dodge City, going the distance in game one, striking out seven without walking a batter for her 18th win of the season while in game two she came out of the bullpen to notch her first career save, pitching 2 1/3 perfect innings while striking out four. On the week she posted a 1.29 ERA with 19 strikeouts and just two walks in 16 1/3 innings of action.
Through 19 career starts, Ashley has put up some of the best numbers in Seward County history, posting a 19-2 record with a 1.92 ERA and 148 strikeouts thus far. Ashley and the Lady Saints will be back in action on Wednesday against #9 Cowley before returning home to take on Colby Saturday at Lady Saints Field in Liberal.