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Wingate freshman Amy Wingfield earns SAC Player of the Week honors
Posted by Allan Spencer on
Feb 04 2014
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Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University freshman first baseman Amy Wingfield
(Mechanicsville, Va.) has been named the South Atlantic Conference
softball Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday.
Wingfield led the Bulldogs to a doubleheader sweep over GRU Augusta in
Saturday's season-opening doubleheader.
Wingfield went two-for-three in the doubleheader, hitting .667 with two homers, two RBI and four runs scored. She hit a homer in each game for Wingate, while going perfect in the field, notching seven putouts and an assist without an error in the two victories.
In her first collegiate at-bat, Wingfield lined the first pitch she saw over the fence in left to give Wingate a 1-0 lead over GRU Augusta. Wingfield's second homer of the season came leading off the second inning of game two. She also drew a walk in the fourth inning, then scored a run to help the Bulldogs win 6-5 to complete the doubleheader sweep.
The Bulldogs return to action Wednesday, hosting Erskine for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Wingate travels to Columbus, Ga. this weekend for the Columbus State Tournament. The Bulldogs will face Pfeiffer and Columbus State Saturday, then take on King and Belmont Abbey on Sunday.
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