Monday, March 25, 2002
MOWREY NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK
ANNVILLE, PA --- Senior Rachel Mowrey (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley HS) of the
Moravian College softball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the
Week for her performance last week.
Mowrey tossed her second one-hitter of the season, allowing the leadoff batter
of the seventh inning an infield single, while shutting out Messiah College, 4-0, to open
the Commonwealth Conference season. Mowrey's< other no-hit bid this season
went 6 2/3 innings before allowing a single. She gave up just one walk in the contest
and she struck out one. Only three Messiah batters reached base in the game (one
on an error). With Moravian trailing 3-1 in the second game of the twinbill, Mowrey came
back on the mound and allowed just one hit and three base runners (two by errors) over
the final 2 2/3 innings. For the doubleheader, Mowrey< pitched 9 2/3 innings
with two hits and no runs allowed. Moravian is 11-3 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth
Conference this season and will host Ursinus College on Tuesday, March 26th in a non-conference
doubleheader beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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