Sarah was fantastic as a freshman pitcher. It's the biggest thing this team needs. Someone else to pitch. Great season for the team although I was hoping they could go further.
Also Sara Moulton in 2011, great freshman season. So, it sure can be done.
2011 • FRESHMAN SEASON:
Started 43 games and appeared in 47 • garnered most wins in a season by a Gopher pitcher with 28 • ranked second in the Big Ten with 278.2 inning pitched and sixth with an earned run average of 2.06 • struck out 330 batters, which ranked her 14th nationally and second on Minnesota's single-season records • tallied 10 games where she struck out at least 10 batters • threw 32 complete games and ranked seventh in the nation with 14 shutouts • pitched three one-hit shutouts • named to All-Big Ten Second Team and earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors • chosen as a member of the 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Great Lakes Region Second Team • acquired first career win in a complete game, seven strikeout performance against Rutgers (Feb. 18) • tallied 13 strikeouts in a 7-2 win over Loyola Marymount (Feb. 19) • threw first one-hit shutout versus UNC Greensboro on February 26 while fanning eight and only walking one • snagged seventh win of the season in a complete game two-hit performance over Utah State 2-1 (March 4) • defeated No. 18 Oklahoma State on March 13 by throwing a three-hit shutout • recorded second one-hit shutout on March 19 against North Dakota State • turned in one of her best performance on March 20 versus Western Michigan by pitching a three-hit shutout and striking out a career high 15 batters • matched the Western Michigan outing six days later by throwing an identical three-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts at Indiana (March 26) • struck out another 15 batters in a complete game 10-inning shutout against Iowa State (April 7) • threw third complete game one-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over South Dakota (April 9) • her ERA plummeted to 1.89 at the end of April • hurled 12 innings in a doubleheader at Northwestern on May 4 to acquire two wins after only allowing one combined run off 11 hits and striking out 15 on the day • ended the season with a complete game, 10 strikeout performance in a 3-2 win over Illinois (May 14).
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2014 • FRESHMAN SEASON:
Became Minnesota's first Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and also won the Big Ten Freshman of the Year Award, becoming the third player in conference history to earn both accolades in the same season • First Team All-Big Ten • NFCA Division I All-Great Lakes Region Second Team • top-10 NFCA National Freshman of the Year finalist • named the University's Female Rookie of the Year • Big Ten Freshman of the Week March 31, April 7, and April 28 • Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (April 7) • named Minnesota's Freshman of the Year • started in 55 of the team's 56 games • in the circle, went 14-3 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 192 batters and holding opposing batters to a .170 average, the best mark in the Big Ten and second-lowest in school history • had the nation's top strikeouts-per-seven-innings rate at 11.6 • picked up three saves, tossed nine complete games, and had five shutouts • had seven double-digit strikeout games and had the most strikeouts in any 2014 Big Ten conference game when she fanned 14 batters against Purdue (May 2) • allowed 70 hits, the third-fewest ever in a season by a Big Ten pitcher with 75-plus innings pitched • yielded just 30 hits in conference play, the eighth fewest ever among league pitchers with at least 40 innings pitched • threw a no-hitter against Penn State (April 26) • earned three wins over ranked opponents and added a win in relief in NCAA regional play against North Dakota State (May 17) • at the plate, hit cleanup in 44 games and had Minnesota's third-highest batting average at .299 • slugged .592 with a .418 on-base percentage • tied for second on the team, sixth in the conference, and eighth in a single-season school history with 11 home runs • reached base in 45 of 55 games, including 15 games in a row from March 16 to April 13 • had hits in 10-straight games from Feb. 8-23 • notched a team-high nine game-winning RBI • registered 25 of her 42 RBI with two outs and drove in 15 runs (four off home runs) against top-25 ranked opponents • had 11 multi-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games, including four-RBI performances against Big Ten foes Nebraska (March 23), Northwestern (April 12), and Purdue (May 3) • hit one of the team's two grand slams on the season against Nebraska (March 23) • had three-hit games against Iowa (April 8) and Penn State (April 26).
