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SAC Varsity Gems Softball Player And Pitcher Of The Week - April 18

SAC Varsity Gems Softball Player And Pitcher Of The Week - April 18

LMU's Katy Pozzuto is the SAC Softball Player of the Week, while Wingate’s Raechel Cutcher is the SAC Pitcher of Week for Week 11 of the 2023 season.

Apr 19, 2023 by FloSoftball Staff
SAC Varsity Gems Softball Player And Pitcher Of The Week - April 18

Lincoln Memorial’s Katy Pozzuto was selected as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Softball Player of the Week, while Wingate’s Raechel Cutcher was named the SAC Varsity Gems Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played during Week 11 of the 2023 season, the conference office announced Tuesday. 

Pozzuto, a junior from Lancaster, Kentucky, collected five doubles and 10 RBIs to lead Lincoln Memorial to a 3-1 week. 

She had a batting average of .636 and a slugging percentage of 1.091 on the week. 

Pozzuto leads the team in hits (47) and RBIs (42), while ranking second in batting average (.343) as the starting first baseman.

Cutcher, a senior from Orlando, Florida, made three appearances, allowing just three runs in 16 innings of work for a 1.31 ERA. She struck out 11 without walking a batter and gave up just eight hits. 

She notched a four-inning save at Catawba, allowing just one hit. She then tossed a two-hit shutout against Mars Hill, striking out six in six innings of work.

2023 SAC Varsity Gems Softball Players Of The Week

Player of the Week

Feb. 7 – Kayson Boatner, Anderson
Feb. 14 – McKenzie Henry, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 21 – Savanna Balderston, Catawba
Feb. 28 – Chloe Freischmidt, Tusculum
March 7 – Hannah Reeves, Wingate
March 14 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman
March 21 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman
March 28 – Savanna Brooks, Wingate
April 4 – Katelyn Rackard, Lenoir-Rhyne
April 11 – Alexandra Baquie, Catawba
April 18 – Katy Pozzuto, Lincoln Memorial 

Pitcher of the Week

Feb. 7 – Lauren Rakes, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 14 – Syerra Rogers, Carson-Newman
Feb. 21 – Jenae Fedewa, Coker
Feb. 28 – Raechel Cutcher, Wingate
March 7 – Alyssa Poston, Mars Hill
March 14 – Morgan Beeler, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 21 – Morgan Beeler, Lenoir-Rhyne
March 28 – Morgan Beeler, Lenoir-Rhyne
April 4 – Olivia Chestnut, Newberry
April 11 – Heaven Maness, Wingate
April 18 – Raechel Cutcher, Wingate

Varsity Gems is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the SAC Player of the Week awards program.