BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Coming off a 3-0 weekend, including a 10-inning, 154-pitch, complete-game effort versus Bradley, sophomore Harley Mullins was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week, Monday.
Mullins, from Saltillo, Mississippi, opened the week with that 10-inning, 3-2, complete game victory versus Bradley, no-hitting the Braves over the final 4.1 innings in a contest where she scattered seven hits while striking out seven.
She would follow that with a complete-game win versus UMass Lowell, taking a shutout into the sixth inning and giving up only four hits and one walk while striking out eight.
Mullins would wrap-up her weekend's work with a complete- game victory against Purdue Fort Wayne, where she limited the Mastodons to one run over the first five innings, while giving up six hits and striking out a career high nine.
Overall, Mullins had a 2.62 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 24 innings pitched and held opponents to a .198 batting average and a WHIP of 1.08.
This marks the 16th time overall by nine different pitchers, a Gov has earned the distinction of being named OVC Pitcher of the Week since the OVC started the honor in the 1994 season.
