Bryce Hayes
SEGUIN, Texas — Texas Lutheran softball has collected both inaugural Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) weekly awards of the 2025 season as Serena Gonzalez (Corpus Christi/Foy H. Moody) earned Hitter of the Week honors and Jordyn Joy (Kerrville/Tivy) has been named Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced today.
This marks the 20th time in program history that TLU has swept the weekly awards. The last sweep for the Bulldogs came in April of last season when Caelee Clark and Sydney Ouellette were named Hitter and Pitcher of the Week respectively.
Gonzalez earns her second career weekly honor as she led the Bulldogs to a 4-0 record over the course of their opening week. The junior hit .400 (4-for-10), with two runs, a double, one home run, six RBIs, and a walk. Her home run came in her first at-bat of the season as she clubbed a grand slam to left field at Ed Kruse Stadium. Gonzalez leads the SCAC in homers and RBIs through the opening week of games.
Joy had a stellar debut week for the Bulldogs, tossing seven shutout innings and striking out a league-high 11 batters while picking up two wins in the circle. After striking out five and walking none over the course of four shutout innings against Texas A&M – San Antonio, Joy followed with six strikeouts over three shutout innings against Howard Payne. The freshman also helped herself offensively with a double, three walks, and three RBIs at the plate.
TLU looks ahead to their SCAC play opening series against Concordia (TX) beginning Friday, Feb. 14. First pitch is scheduled for 7 PM with the game being broadcast on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.
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