March 30, 2009

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Mars Hill’s Ashley Harber and Tiffany Farthing have been named the South Atlantic Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week, league officials announced Monday.

The two combined to lead the Lions to a 4-0 week with sweeps of both Carson-Newman and Wingate in SAC play.

Harber, a senior shortstop, belted a pair of game-winning home runs, finishing the week 7-for-11 at the plate with nine RBIs and six runs scored. She also drew four walks.

The Goose Creek, S.C. native ripped a grand slam in game one and a three-run blast in game two to lead the way a sweep of Carson-Newman on Tuesday. She added a game-tying RBI single and scored the go-ahead run in game two against Wingate.

Farthing fired Mars Hill to a pair of wins, including a complete game against Carson-Newman on Tuesday. She scattered 14 hits and four earned runs in 11.1 innings of work on the week. Farthing also took a win in a sweep of Wingate on Sunday. The junior went four and one-third innings, striking out three, while allowing two earned runs. She finished the week with eight strikeouts.

The Kure Beach, N.C. native took SAC Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks.

The SAC Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week are selected by a vote of the league’s nine sports information directors.

SAC Position Player of the Week
Feb. 10 – Mary Shealy, P/DH, Carson-Newman
Feb. 17 – Sarah Atkins, 1B, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 24 – Kat Hammond, 2B, Newberry
Mar. 3 – MacKenzie White, 1B/DH, Catawba
Mar. 10 – Sarah Atkins, 1B, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 16 – Ashley Seawell, 1B, Mars Hill
Mar. 23 - Brittany Cherry, LF, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 30 - Ashley Harber, SS, Mars Hill

SAC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 10 – Allison Smith, Wingate
Feb. 17 – Amanda Huckestein, Newberry
Feb. 24 – Amanda Huckestein, Newberry
Mar. 3 – Allison Smith, Wingate
Mar. 10 – Noel Belk, P, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 16 – Tiffany Farthing, Mars Hill
Mar. 23 – Allison Smith, Wingate
Mar. 30 – Tiffany Farthing, Mars Hill

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