FAYETTEVILLE — On the strength of a 3-0 week in the circle including a pair of wins over Alabama, pitcher Mary Haff has been named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week as announced Tuesday afternoon by the conference office.
This is her third SEC weekly honor of the season, and the Razorbacks’ fifth overall.
With nine games remaining in the regular season, Arkansas carries a 33-9 overall record with an 8-7 mark in SEC play.
The Razorbacks are ranked a program-high No. 16 in Tuesday’s release of the USA Today/NFCA top-25 poll. The team travels to 11th-ranked Auburn this weekend for a three-game series that begins Friday at 6 p.m.
Haff opened the week with a one-hit, complete-game shutout at Saint Louis, a performance that featured a career-high 13 strikeouts. She entered the seventh inning with a no-hitter and ended up with her sixth one-hit effort of the season.
With the start in game two of Arkansas’ series against Alabama, Haff registered another complete-game shutout. Her nine strikeouts in the win established a new high during SEC play.
The win was Arkansas’ first in the series since 2012 and marked just the second time the Razorbacks recorded a shutout of Alabama.
With her nine strikeouts, Haff moved into the program’s single-season top 10.
In another complete-game effort in the series-finale victory, Haff became the first pitcher in the SEC with 20 wins this season.
She also became the first Arkansas freshman to reach 20 since 2001. In three starts during the week, Haff registered 26 strikeouts while allowing just three walks in 21.0 innings of work.
The Winter Haven, Fla., native is 20-3 this year with 185 strikeouts and a 1.07 ERA in 143.2 innings during her freshman campaign.
Arkansas’ SEC Player of the Weeks in 2018
Mary Haff – Freshman of the Week (Feb. 19)
Hannah McEwen – Co-Player of the Week (March 5)
Mary Haff – Freshman of the Week (March 5)
Autumn Storms – Pitcher of the Week (April 3)
Mary Haff – Co-Freshman of the Week (April 17)
