Corynn Miner Tabbed SSC Pitcher of the Week
MELBOURNE, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly award winners and the University of Tampa's softball team was represented through Corynn Miner, who was named SSC Pitcher of the Week for the first time in her career.
Miner, a red-shirt junior, earned the recogintion after defeating No. 16 Saint Leo twice this past weekend. On Friday night, the right-hander went 6.2 innings, allowed three runs and logged 11 strikeouts en route to a Tampa victory. In the rubber match of the weekend series, Miner tossed a complete game two-hit shutout against the 16th-ranked Lions. The workhorse for the Spartans recorded six strikeouts, did not walk a batter in the contest and secured her sixth victory of the year.
Miner has registered two complete game shutouts in the last three games, including a 17-inning performance against Palm Beach Atlantic on February 14. Additionally, the St. Petersburg, Fla. native has four complete game shutouts on the year, two of which against nationally ranked opponents. In her previous four starts, she's averaging just over 10 strikeouts per game over the stretch with 43 punch-outs in total. Miner leads the SSC with 60 strikeouts and ranks second in ERA at 0.70.
The Spartans have won six of the last eight games, beginning conference play with four wins in six games. Through 14 games, Tampa's pitching staff owns a 1.22 ERA with Miner averaging 7.04 strikeouts per seven innings. UT hosts a doubleheader against Davenport University on Monday afternoon and will resume conference play on February 28, with a weekend series at home against Eckerd.
Click here to view the SSC Athletes of the Week for February 17-23.
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