April 13, 2004
Texas A&M outfielder Sharonda McDonald scored five runs in three games last week. The freshman hit .545 in three A&M victories and is Big 12 Softball Player of the Week. Aggie teammate Jessica Kapchinski registered two complete game shutouts, gave up no earned runs and is the Big 12 Softball Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
McDonald opened the week going 1-for-4 in the 6-0 win against Texas last Wednesday. The Houston freshman stole home for the Aggies' fourth run. A&M swept Kansas in a doubleheader (8-0, 7-3) last Saturday and in game one McDonald was 3-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. In game two she was 2-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. She recorded her first extra-base hit (triple) and first RBI on the same play. She also had a sacrifice hit and a stolen base in the game. For the week she hit .545, scored five runs, and was 3-for-4 in stolen bases.
Kapchinski earned all three wins for A&M on the week and improved to 6-1 in conference. The Humble, Texas, senior righthander has not allowed an earned run in her 39.2 innings of work in Big 12 games. Kapchinski threw a two-hit shutout against Texas. She then started game one against Kansas and struck out nine batters in six innings while only surrendering one walk and one hit. Kapchinski then threw four innings in relief in game two and earned the win without giving up a hit. For the week she posted a 0.00 ERA and allowed a .056 batting average.