NJCAA
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The NJCAA Softball Players of the week have been named and they include
Marisa Coats of Seward County Community College (Kan.),
Chelsey Rottinghaus of Labette Community College (Kan.) and
Alyssa Collins from Harper College (Ill.). The Pitchers of the Week are
Emma Stevenson of Chipola College (Fla.),
Amanda Lambrecht of Kirkwood Community College (Iowa), and
Melissa Kanouse of Sussex County Community College (N.J.).
Lambrecht has earned the Division 2 Pitcher of the Week honor for leading Kirkwood CC to four more wins. On March 15, against Mineral Area College (Mo.) , Lambrecht was a walk shy of perfection. She went five innings with one walk and 15 strikeouts. The next day she was called upon again and in a close 1-0 win over Jefferson College (Mo.), the freshman threw seven innings giving up just three hits with no runs allowed, two walks and 13 strikeouts. Three days later in her most dominating performance of the week, and possibly her career, she finally attained perfection going five innings of with no hits, no runs, no walks, and 13 strikeouts, just two strikeouts shy of recording every out in the game as a K. Two days later against William Penn , she gave up just one hit, no runs, two walks, and eight strikeouts through six innings of work. In the week that included a no-hitter and a perfect game, Lambrecht totaled 23 innings giving up just four hits with no runs, five walks, and a magnificent 48 strikeouts.