March 19, 2012
UCF Athletics Social Media Directory
By Andrew Jennette
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - UCF freshman pitcher Mackenzie Audas was selected as the Conference USA Softball Pitcher of the Week on Monday, the league office announced. Audas went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two starts against Southern Miss last week.
The Knights' ace from Plant City, Fla., threw the third shutout of her career against the Golden Eagles on March 17. Audas pitched seven innings and allowed just three hits and three walks while striking out nine to lead the Knights to a 6-0 victory.
Audas followed up that performance the next day with an even more dominant outing as she picked up her fourth shutout of the season and clinched a series win for the Knights. The young hurler pitched seven innings and allowed four hits with just one walk while striking out 10 as the Knights won 3-0.
The conference honor is the first-career award for Audas, who has been arguably the most dominant pitcher in C-USA this season. Audas currently has a 10-5 record and leads the conference with a 1.30 ERA. She has only allowed 67 hits in 108 innings and has recorded a conference-best 112 strikeouts while holding opponents hitters to just a .177 batting average.
This is the second C-USA Softball Pitcher of the Week award for the Knights. Senior Ali Schmidt won the award on Feb. 27.
Audas and the Knights will return to action Wednesday when UCF hosts Kent State at 7 p.m. at the UCF Softball Complex.