Alabama Softball’s Sarah Cornell Named SEC Pitcher of the Week

 Sarah Cornell to earn the Southeastern Conference's Pitcher of the Week award, it was announced Tuesday.

The junior right-hander was 2-0 this weekend in the circle against the Bulldogs, throwing a complete-game victory on Saturday before earning a second win in relief Monday. In the series opener, she threw a complete game and held Georgia to just one run on two hits, its lowest totals in both categories to that point in the season. She entered in relief in Monday's series finale, retiring all seven batters she faced across 2.1 innings to ultimately earn the win following sophomore Kaylee Tow's walk-off RBI single.

In her debut season with the Crimson Tide, the Hofstra transfer is 17-1 with a 1.87 ERA over 89.2 innings pitched. In SEC play, she is 6-1 with a 1.71 ERA that ranks third among league pitchers.

This is Cornell's first career SEC Pitcher of the Week award and the first for the Tide since Alexis Osorio won on March 13 last season.