Ward takes home RSC Softball Player of the Week from Oakland City (Ind.)
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Oakland City (Ind.) University senior McKendree Ward hit .706 in four games to take home River States Conference Softball Player of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance April 4-10.
Ward, from Newburgh, Ind., was 12 for 17 at the plate as the Mighty Oaks were 3-1, all in RSC play. She drove in nine, doubled twice, homered and scored seven runs. Her slugging percentage for the week was 1.000.
Ward was 7 for 9 with six RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Carlow (Pa.), 11-3 and 15-9. She scored four runs on the day. In a 12-2 victory over Point Park (Pa.), she was 2 for 3 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs. Despite a 3-for-5 performance with two doubles from Ward, the only loss of the week was to the Pioneers in extra innings.
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