Clark Named SCAC Hitter of the Week

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Softball second baseman Caelee Clark (Montgomery/Lake Creek) has been named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Hitter of the Week following an impressive week at the plate, the conference announced Monday.

Clark reached base in nine of her 13 plate appearances over Texas Lutheran's three games, stealing ten bases and drawing four walks while batting .556 (5-for-9). She had one extra base hit and slashed .556/.692/.667 for a 1.359 OPS. The sophomore, who was named to the NFCA Player of the Year Watch List last week, drove in two runs and scored a Bulldog-leading eight times from the leadoff spot in a series that saw the Bulldogs produce 33 runs.

Game one and two of the Schreiner series would see Clark steal four bases for the seventh and eighth times in her career, the most by any Bulldog in program history. Clark leads the country across all three NCAA Divisions in stolen bases with 52 on the season.

Clark's weekly honor is the first of the season and the second of her career. Clark is the third different Bulldog to earn the Hitter of the Week honor this season.

Clark carries a 22-game on-base streak across all 22 of the Bulldogs games this season and has slashed .475/.533/.563 for a 1.096 OPS across the stretch. Over her last 22 contests she has scored 33 runs and driven in 14 while producing 38 hits with five extra base hits. Her plate discipline has been nothing short of incredible during her 22-game stretch, striking out just six times in 90 plate appearances (6.7%) and walking 10 times (11.1%).

This season, Clark is second on the team with a .475 average and 33 runs scored, adding 14 RBIs. Clark ranks seventh in NCAA Division-III in runs per game (1.50). She had also registered a .460 weighted on-base average (wOBA) entering last weekend.

Clark and Texas Lutheran return home for a conference series at Ed Kruse Stadium vs. Centenary on Friday, April 12. First pitch is scheduled for 4 & 6 PM. All games will be streamed on TLU's YouTube Channel, TLU+. All streaming and live stats links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.

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