AOTW-HITTER
Ashley Skinner helped guide the Urbana softball program to a perfect 7-0 start over spring break, while hitting .647 (11-17) over the first week of action for the Blue Knights. She recorded a hit and a run scored in each game played over break, and had an RBI in six of the seven games.
Skinner recorded four doubles, a triple and three home runs to accumulate a 1.529 slugging percentage. She also reached base twice via the walk and twice after being hit by a pitch for a .714 on-base percentage. Overall she scored 10 runs, drove in 11 and was safe on her only stolen base attempt of the season.
Over spring break, Urbana allowed only two runs - meaning Skinner outscored the opponents by herself with three homeruns in seven games. In the teams two most competitive games, a 4-2 win over Randolph and a 2-0 win over Eastern, Skinner was a combined 4-6 at the plate with two home runs. Against Eastern, she hit a solo home run to give her team an insurance second run, while she was a perfect 3-3 against Randolph with a home run and a double. She drove in three of the four runs the team scored in the 4-2 win.
On the season, Skinner’s .647 batting average is almost 121 points better than her teammate, who ranks second in the conference. Her three home runs equal the season team totals for Cedarville (17 games) and Trevecca Nazarene (6 games).
She leads the conference in runs batted in, and is the only player to score 10 or more runs. She is also the only player to record ten or more runs, RBI, and hits so far this season.
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Ashley Skinner’s bio (from Sports.Urbana.edu)