LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tennessee’s Rainey Gaffin and USF’s Erica Nunn were selected Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, announced the Association on Tuesday afternoon.
Gaffin had a dominant week at the plate helping Tennessee stay undefeated at home (17-0) with four wins last week, including a three-game SEC sweep of then No. 11 Texas A&M. The senior posted a team-best eight RBI and 1.077 slugging percentage and registered a pair of three-hit contests against the Aggies.
The Thornton, Colo. native recorded a base knock in all four games with her biggest output of the week coming in game two of the series. She clubbed a grand slam and knocked in a career-high six runs in the series-clinching win. Gaffin also showcased her arm, picking up two wins with 14 strikeouts in 11 innings of work, including eight punchouts on Friday night against the Aggies.
Nunn, who improved to 20-6 on the season, was a perfect 4-0 over the week with two shutouts and 29 strikeouts. Posting a 0.32 ERA and a .188 opponent’s batting average, the senior southpaw allowed just one earned run and 15 hits over 22 innings of work. In addition, she chipped in at the plate, batting .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored.
A native of Apex, N.C., Nunn recorded a week-high 11 strikeouts en route to a complete-game shutout in game two of an American Athletic Conference series against UConn. She opened the week with a two-hit blanking of Bethune-Cookman in which she fanned eight and did not walk a batter. In the other two contests against the Huskies, Nunn struck out six in a five-inning complete game and closed out the series by shutting out UConn over the final three innings to pick up her final win of the week in relief.
Gaffin had a dominant week at the plate helping Tennessee stay undefeated at home (17-0) with four wins last week, including a three-game SEC sweep of then No. 11 Texas A&M. The senior posted a team-best eight RBI and 1.077 slugging percentage and registered a pair of three-hit contests against the Aggies.
The Thornton, Colo. native recorded a base knock in all four games with her biggest output of the week coming in game two of the series. She clubbed a grand slam and knocked in a career-high six runs in the series-clinching win. Gaffin also showcased her arm, picking up two wins with 14 strikeouts in 11 innings of work, including eight punchouts on Friday night against the Aggies.
Nunn, who improved to 20-6 on the season, was a perfect 4-0 over the week with two shutouts and 29 strikeouts. Posting a 0.32 ERA and a .188 opponent’s batting average, the senior southpaw allowed just one earned run and 15 hits over 22 innings of work. In addition, she chipped in at the plate, batting .545 (6-for-11) with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored.
A native of Apex, N.C., Nunn recorded a week-high 11 strikeouts en route to a complete-game shutout in game two of an American Athletic Conference series against UConn. She opened the week with a two-hit blanking of Bethune-Cookman in which she fanned eight and did not walk a batter. In the other two contests against the Huskies, Nunn struck out six in a five-inning complete game and closed out the series by shutting out UConn over the final three innings to pick up her final win of the week in relief.