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Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia had two wins in the circle and added four hits at the plate.
Trio of Tuesday Awards for Rachel Garcia
April 11, 2017 | Softball
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Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia was recognized with three awards on Tuesday, earning USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week, Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors.
Garcia helped the Bruins to a series victory over then-#1 Oregon last weekend. In the circle, she picked up a pair of wins last Friday and Saturday, posting a 1.66 earned run average in the three games with eight strikeouts in 12 2/3 innings. At the plate, Garcia had hits in all three contests, going 4-for-8 with an RBI, a run and a pair of doubles.
Garcia tossed a complete-game, five-hit shutout last Friday versus the Ducks, striking out three. She also scored the game-winning run in the second inning after reaching base on a single. The next night, Garcia picked up another win, this time in relief, with three shutout innings and three strikeouts, adding another single. On Sunday, Garcia doubled in each of her first two at-bats, including an RBI two-bagger in the fourth inning.
For the season, Garcia is 12-5 with a 1.79 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 105 2/3 innings, while recording a .295 batting average, three home runs, 16 runs batted in and six doubles.
Garcia recorded the 16th USA Softball National Player of the Week award in program history and the first since 2014. She also picked up her third and fourth weekly conference honors. Garcia was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21 and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on March 28. This week's awards mark the 65th Pac-10/12 Pitcher of the Week for UCLA and the fourth Freshman of the Week honor in just the third year the award has been bestowed.
The eighth-ranked Bruins travel to Corvallis for a Thursday-Saturday series at Oregon State. The series opener will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. and will be televised on Pac-12 Network.
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