West Burlington, IA- The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) released their Athletes of the Week yesterday for March 30th through April 5th and Southeastern Community College (SCC) baseball and softball collected three of the four possible honors as the teams combined to go 9-0 last week.
Softball
The Blackhawks have turned it around since losing three consecutive games in the middle of March, capturing 11 of their last 12 contests. This past week included a four-game win streak that saw Logan Kelley lace the ball all over the field.
Her best game of the bunch was the first of their doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College as the West Burlington native went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs in a decisive 12-0 shutout.
Her most important performance was a 2 for 4 showing against St. Louis Community College as Kelley posted another home run, a double, and added three more RBIs in a contentious 12-8 victory.
Overall, the sophomore batted 0.615 (8 for 13) with a 1.154 slugging percentage for the week and a collection of six RBIs. She currently leads the ICCAC with 15 home runs for the season and ranks third in RBIs with 45 and batting average with a 0.429.
In the circle, Araceli Rivas picked up a pair of wins in complete game fashion to move to 5-3 on the season. In just 11 innings of work, Rivas sat down 18 opponents to bring her conference lead to almost 20 more strikeouts than Saydee Plummer—another Burlington native—of Iowa Western Community College.
Her best game of the last week was a four inning, seven strikeout complete game shutout against Marshalltown Community College. Both Rivas and Kelley have earned Player of the Week honors this season.
SCC will be back in action today against Indian Hills Community College in a road doubleheader.
Baseball
For the second week in a row and the fourth time this season, an SCC pitcher was able to take home the Player of the Week award and this time it was freshman Isaac Flamino. He proved to be unhittable in their 9-1 victory over Iowa Lakes Community College.
In his 5th win of the season, which is tied for the most in the conference for Division II, Flamino fanned eight in eight innings of shutout work. His 49 strikeouts on the season put him in second place in the ICCAC rankings with a K/9 rating that ranks third.
The Blackhawks are in the midst of a 14-game winning streak and will look to extend it today in a road doubleheader against Marshalltown Community College.