GREENWOOD, Ind. – Trevecca Nazarene senior pitcher Haley Fagan and senior infielder Ansley Brantley were named as the third set of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Softball Athletes of the Week on Monday.
The Trojans (5-1) continued to heat up early in the spring season, coming away with four wins following a trip to the Montevallo Falcon Frenzy in Alabama on Friday and Saturday.
TNU beat host Montevallo, Stillman, defending NAIA champion Auburn-Montgomery and put its rally cap on to beat McKendree.
G-MAC Pitcher of the Week
Haley Fagan
Trevecca Nazarene
Pitcher
Senior
Cornersville, TN
Fagan was tabbed for the 10th time in her career as G-MAC Pitcher of the Week following six selections as a junior and three as a sophomore. This is her first honor of the current spring season.
In Alabama, the senior hurler factored into all three games she appeared in with two winning decisions and a save.
Fagan beat Montevallo and Auburn-Montgomery before slamming the door vs. McKendree in the seventh inning.
In her start against Montevallo, Fagan limited the Falcons to two runs on five hits in a five-inning effort. She struck out one as the TNU offense lit up Montevallo pitching for a run-ruled 10-2 win.
On Saturday, Fagan worked around six walks and scattered seven hits in seven frames to stymie a strong Auburn-Montgomery program. She worked to strike out six hitters and left the bases loaded in the second and third innings.
The Warhawks of UAM repeated as NAIA national champions in 2015, beating Lindsey Wilson in the final. UAM was 46-9 last spring.
An eventual thrilling 3-1 comeback by the Trojans in the fifth inning vs. McKendree was closed out with a scoreless seventh by Fagan. She took over for G-MAC Pitcher of the Week Morgan Powell to protect a 5-4 lead.
Fagan now has 41 wins, tops all-time in the G-MAC, to go with her additional conference record of ERA (1.57).
G-MAC Player of the Week
Ansley Brantley
Trevecca Nazarene
Senior
Shortstop
Kite, GA
Brantley brought her power swing to Alabama, belting two home runs as part of a 6-for-12 line. She also scored five runs and drove in three to go with a pair of doubles.
She sported a slash line of .500/.571/1.167 and also reached base on a walk and hit-by-pitch.
After predominantly serving in the leadoff role, Brantley has settled in and batted second for most of the spring behind Bailey Alexander.
She had hits in each of TNU’s four games, including a 3-for-3 games vs. Auburn-Montomery.
Brantley led off the fifth inning against Montevallo with a solo blast, the 20th home run of her career. She hit another solo homer in the sixth inning vs. Auburn-Montgomery.
Brantley doubled, homered and stole a base vs. the Warhawks.
In six games, Brantley is batting .471 with three doubles, two home runs and three RBI with seven runs scored.