Tampa's Tejas and Florida Southern's Minton Chosen for Softball Weekly Honors

Tampa's Jessica Tejas and Florida Southern's Brittany Minton have been chosen Sunshine State Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week for the period ending March 9.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK -- Tampa sophomore outfielder Jessica Tejas (Land O’Lakes, Fla.) collected some impressive numbers in leading the Spartans to a three-game SSC sweep against Eckerd.  Tejas went 5-for-6 (.833) at the plate, with four of her five hits coming in the form of extra-base hits.  In an 8-0 win in the opener, she was 2-for-2 with a double and a home run.  In a 4-1 win in game two, she went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple.  In a 12-4 win in the finale, she recorded a hit in her lone at-bat.  Tejas concluded the series with four RBI, four runs, an eye-popping 2.000 slugging percentage, an .800 OBP, and a flawless 1.000 fielding percentage.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK --  Florida Southern junior Brittany Minton (Bainbridge, Ga.) did not allow a single run in two road wins.  Pitching 12.0 innings, she scattered six hits and struck out 11.  In a 6-0 win over Delta State, she surrendered just two hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.  In a 5-1 victory against North Alabama, Minton allowed four hits with no walks and four strikeouts.  She retired 15 consecutive batters in one stretch of the contest.

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