NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Chattanooga’s Kaili Phillips and Trevecca Nazarene’s Ashlan Sensing garnered softball Player and Pitcher of the Week accolades, respectively, by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association for their efforts in contests from April 24-30.
Phillips batted .500 (4-for-8) with two home runs, two RBIs and six walks, reaching base 12 times in a three-game series against Furman. The Harrison, Tenn., native singled, walked three times and scored twice in the series opener against the Paladins.
The junior infielder belted a solo homer to leadoff the sixth inning in the second contest, sparking a six-run inning en route to a victory. In the series finale she led off the contest with another solo shot and finished the game 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Phillips is hitting a team-best .342 with 11 doubles, nine homers, 27 RBIs and 34 runs scored in 41 games this season for UTC.
Sensing tossed her second no-hitter of the season in her only appearance of the week, missing out on a second perfect game because of an error. The sophomore righthander struck out five but committed an error in the third inning for Lake Erie’s only runner of the game. Trevecca’s weekend series at Ursuline College was rained out.
Sensing improved to 16-7 this season with a 1.28 ERA in 29 appearances (24 starts) covering 159.0 innings. She has allowed 116 hits with just 11 walks and 164 strikeouts and opponents are batting just .197.
2022-23 TSWA SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
February 21 – Macey Neal, Union University (Player)
February 28 – Chloe Kleischmidt, Tusculum University (Player); Rylee Gattis, Carson-Newman (Pitcher)
March 7 – Acelynn Sellers, Chattanooga (Player); Alyssa Lavdis, Chattanooga (Pitcher)
March 14 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman (Player); Ashlan Sensing, Trevecca Nazarene (Pitcher)
March 21 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman (Player); Caitlyn Manus, Tennessee State (Pitcher)
March 28 – Kendall Andrews, Trevecca Nazarene (Player); Savana Luper, King University (Pitcher)
April 4 – McKenzie Henry, Lincoln Memorial (Player); Ashlan Sensing, Trevecca Nazarene (Pitcher)
April 12 – Megan Hodum, Austin Peay (Player); Jordan Benefiel, Austin Peay (Pitcher)
April 18 – McKenna Gibson, Tennessee (Player), Jordan Benefiel, Austin Peay (Pitcher)
April 25 – Jessica Campbell, King University (Player); Madison Walter, King University (Pitcher)