BATON ROUGE – LSU softball player Ashley Lewis was named the Southeastern Conference player of the week for her performance in the Purple and Gold Challenge.
Lewis hit her first home run of the season to tie No. 4 LSU, 1-1, with No. 10 Southern Mississippi in the bottom of the seventh inning, sending the game into extra innings.
She then came across once more for the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth when she picked up the game-winning RBI, and LSU won 4-3.
“Ashley has made a couple of adjustments in her swing and is working very hard,” said assistant coach Mark Lumley, who works with the hitters. “Her hard work paid off when she came through in the clutch against Southern Miss.”
Lewis hit .444 for the weekend with three runs, four hits, one home run and two RBI.
On the mound for the Tigers, Lewis pitched 11.1 innings for the weekend with 13 strikeouts and totaled a 1.85 ERA.
Overall for LSU, Lewis has a 1.63 ERA in 34.1 innings with 25 strikeouts. Her pitching record is 5-2. She is hitting .304 for the Tigers for the season.
Lewis and the Tigers will be in action March 3-5 at the Lead-Off Classic in Columbus, Ga.