Unsung Heroes

Congrats are in order for Tiger Softball senior Adrienne Meier (.562, 9 hits, 5 runs scored) and freshman Beck Young (.538, 7 hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 6 RBI), both of whom were named to the ASC All-Tournament team Saturday.

There were a couple of others who no doubt received consideration for the all-tourney team for their performances.

• I personally thought senior centerfielder Porsha Harrison may have had her best two-day stretch as a Tiger at the tournament. Porsha hit .364 and scored twice, but she also had a big two-run triple during the win over Hardin-Simmons on Friday. Porsha also was again solid defensively and came within inches, literally, of perhaps saving the Tigers in the loss against UT Tyler. The tying runs scored for Tyler after a little bloop single to shallow center that Porsha dove for and appeared to have in her glove or close to it, just barely missing the final out. Then on Joey Cronin's game-winning homer for UTT, Porsha nearly brought the ball back into the park with a leaping attempt at the wall but the unfamiliar wall gave way just enough when she leaped against it to knock the ball loose and hit the top of the wall. A great all-around effort for Harrison this weekend.
• Sophomore pitcher Alicia Wright was strong again during the postseason tournament. She went 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA in over 16 innings, including a complete-game shutout of Hardin-Simmons in the second game on Friday.
• Sophomore Brooke Martin also had solid weekend, hitting .533. She had the second-most hits of any Tiger at the tournament (8) and drove in three runs, and she also had a couple of nice catches defensively in a very difficult outfield to play thanks to the near all-dirt surface at Railroad Park.