West Named Big Ten Softball Player of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 27, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Big Ten Conference announced that Ohio State first baseman Sarah West (Jr., Galloway, Ohio/Hillard Davidson) has been named the softball player of the week.
After missing six games due to strained ligaments in her left shoulder as a result of a home plate collision in a win over Cleveland State (3/16), West made her presence in the lineup felt upon her return, hitting three home runs in five games at the Buzz Classic in Atlanta, Ga. In her first game back, a 2-0 win over Campbell, West provided half the OSU offense when she broke a scoreless tie with her fifth-inning shot. West also cleared the fence in a 8-0 win over Charleston Southern in the second game of opening day at the Buzz Classic an again the next day when she tied the score at one in the third inning of an eventual 2-1 OSU win over North Carolina.
Batting .545 (6-for11), West tallied four runs batted in and helped OSU to a 4-1 record an No. 1 seed as the 25-team field was narrowed to 12. For her efforts in Atlanta, West was named an all-invitational selection.
West is tied with third baseman Kristine Himes with a team-high four home runs on the season. She is batting .281 with four doubles and 10 RBI.
OSU (21-9 overall) plays host to Toledo in a doubleheader 2 p.m. Wednesday at Buckeye Field.
