Buckeye Softball Duo Garner Weekly Conference Honors – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 21, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wendy Allen (So., Moreno Valley, Calif./Moreno Valley) and Katie Chain (Jr., North Canton, Ohio/Hoover) were selected as the Big Ten Player and Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for the week of March 11-17 the conference announced Thursday. It is the first Big Ten honors garnered by the Buckeyes this year.
Allen had a huge week for OSU as the Buckeyes went 7-1 in their first home action of the year, including a 5-0 mark in the Buckeye Invitational to capture the tournament title. Allen earned the most valuable player honors at the Buckeye Invitational and went 12-for-21 from the plate with five doubles, two home runs and seven runs scored to lead Ohio State to a 6-1 record. She also pitched 13 innings in three appearances with 16 strikeouts and a no-hitter thrown against Robert Morris at the Buckeye Invitational. It was Allen’s first no-hitter in her short career with the Scarlet and Gray.
Chain also had a great week for the Buckeyes. She appeared in four games, starting three, winning all three and earning a save. Chain struck out 24 in the four games to help her break the all-time wins record at Ohio State. The previous mark was 41 and held by Jodi Dolan (1995-98).
The Buckeyes will be in action this weekend with a trip to Atlanta, Ga., for the Georgia Tech/Buzz Classic Friday through Sunday. OSU faces Campbell at 1 p.m. and Princeton at 3 p.m. Friday and takes on No. 20 Florida State at 1 p.m. and Central Florida at 3 p.m. Saturday before bracket play Sunday. The Buckeyes also will make a stop in Chattanooga, Tenn., and battle the Mocs at 6 p.m. Monday.
