Date Posted: 4/14/2008

MACON, Ga. - Lauren Quevedo's clutch hitting powered USC Upstate to an undefeated record and resulted in her selection as the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week. Quevedo hit a total of four home runs during the week, including a pair of grand slams and a walk-off shot. In the circle, Kim Jacobson went 4-0 for Lipscomb to earn the A-Sun Pitcher of the Week honor, the conference announced on Monday.

Quevedo, a freshman first baseman from Wellington, Fla., started the week off on a high note with a walk-off shot to lift USC Upstate to a 7-6 victory over Furman in the second game of a Tuesday doubleheader. The computer science major didn’t slow down during conference play, going deep twice in a sweep of Stetson on Friday. In game one, Quevedo hit a grand slam to account for the four-run margin in a 6-2 Spartan victory. She followed that effort with a two-run bomb in a 5-2 triumph in game two. In the A-Sun Series of the Week on Saturday, Quevedo hit her second grand slam in as many days as the Spartans downed league-leading Florida Gulf Coast in the nightcap, 7-3, to earn the sweep. For the week, Quevedo hit .412 drove in 12 runs and slugged 1.118.

Jacobson, a senior finance major from Colton, Calif., pitched her way to three conference victories as Lipscomb held onto its lead in the race for the top seed in the conference tournament. Jacobson went the distance in wins against Campbell, Tennessee Tech, Kennesaw State and Mercer while compiling a 1.00 ERA. She started and finished the work week with career-high efforts in strikeouts, fanning seven on Monday against Campbell and matching that number against Kennesaw State on Friday. Sandwiched between the two conference games, Jacobson threw a two-hitter against Tennessee Tech. To bookend her week's work, Jacobson struck out five and gave up one earned run in a 4-2 Bisons triumph against Mercer on Saturday. She finished the week with 24 strikeouts.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Other Top Performers
Kellie Sirus, LIP (So. – IF/DP – Nursing – Sarasota, Fl.) – Sirus hit .480 and slugged 1.040 with four home runs and 11 RBI. She also added a triple and three walks.

Marissa Hardy, ETSU (So. – P – Education – Rocklin, Calif.) – Hardy broke the school record for strikeouts in a season (166), going 3-0 with an ERA of 0.67.

Cheyenne Jenks, FGCU (Jr. – 3B – Art – Naples, Fla.) – Jenks hit .533 with three homers and 11 RBI while slugging 1.133.

Morgan Childers, UPST (Fr. – P – Education – Kings Mountain, N.C.) – Childers struck out 35 batters in 25 innings of work on her way to a 4-0 record.

Shayla Cullum, CAM (So. – 3B – Athletic Training – Vasalia, Calif.) – Cullum hit .563 and slugged 1.250 with a home run, a triple, and six RBI for the week.

Amanda Lindsey, STET (So. – P – Biology – Byhalia, Miss.) – Lindsey put together a 1.04 ERA in four games, going 3-1 with 30 strikeouts.

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