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OU’s Torres and UT’s Kavan Collect Weekly Big 12 Softball Accolades

Oklahoma’s Alynah Torres (Player) and Texas’ Teagan Kavan (Pitcher) secured weekly league softball honors for the seventh week of the season (March 18-24).
 
Torres led the Big 12 in home runs (4), RBIs (10) and total bases (17) during the week while hitting .625 with a league-leading 2.125 slugging percentage. The senior helped the Sooners go undefeated during the week including a sweep over then-No. 22/19 Baylor to keep OU atop the Conference standings with a mark of 9-0. This is the third consecutive season Oklahoma has won Player of the Week in three straight weeks and is the first weekly award for Torres.
 
Kavan started her week with a seven-inning complete-game shutout at UCF. The freshman allowed just five hits and one walk while tossing four strikeouts in the 5-0 Longhorn victory. Entering a 3-1 game with two outs in the bottom of the fifth on Sunday, Kavan retired all seven batters to secure her second save of the season. The native of West Des Moines, Iowa was the only Big 12 pitcher during the week with a win and a save, while her .152 opponent batting average was the lowest by any league pitcher who faced 33 or more batters. This is Kavan’s second Pitcher of the Week honor as she becomes the first Longhorn freshman to win the award twice since Blaire Luna in 2010.
 
A full list of this season’s weekly award winners can be found here.