LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore utility player
Jenna Harper (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) has been named the Centennial Conference Player of the Week in softball for the week of April 8-14. This is the second time Harper has won the Centennial's weekly award.
Harper hit .524 (11-for-23) with seven RBIs, nine runs scored, four doubles and a home run in a 5-1 week for the first-place Shorewomen. Harper tallied at least one hit in all six games and posted a
.810 slugging percentage and .522 on-base-percentage for an OPS of 1.332. In the second game on Sunday vs. Haverford, an 11-3 five-inning victory, Harper went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, three RBIs, a home run, double and a sacrifice fly, missing the cycle by a triple. In the opener against the Fords, the sophomore went 2-for-4 with a run, RBI and walk. On Saturday in a split at Swarthmore, Harper went 2-for-4 in each game, scoring twice in game two and tallying a run and RBI in a 7-2 game one victory. In a sweep of McDaniel last Tuesday, she went 1-for-3 with two RBI in a 9-4 second game win versus McDaniel and 1-for-3 in the opener.
Prior to today, Harper won the conference's award on April 18, 2023.