Allie Blackwood will join the Lady Govs for the 2014 season as a pitcher.

CLARKSVILLE - Austin Peay State University softball team has added pitcher Allie Blackwood during the fall signing period.

Blackwood was 11-7 for her Dalton (Ga.) High School squad last season, with a 1.75 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 115 innings pitched. She also hit .443 with 23 RBI as a third baseman, earning all-region honors for the second consecutive season.

She saved her best for the postseason, winning five straight games to push the unranked Lady Catamount's into the second round of the Class 4A state play-offs.

 Blackwood and fellow signee Sidney Hooper give Lady Govs head coach Stephanie Paris a pair of top hurlers to build her program over the next four years.

"Allie has great movement on the ball," Paris said. "I see her complementing two of our other pitchers who throw hard. She's going to be a great addition to our pitching staff for the 2014 season."