February 20 SEC softball schedule, Players of the Week and more

Leading Off...

The weekend wrapped up with a pretty active slate as a glut of the teams of the SEC were in action. With the exception of a few, many of the games that occurred on Sunday were laughers. Ole Miss took it to URI, defeating them 18-4 and Arkansas took down San Diego 13-1.

Then there was Georgia’s 12-0 shutout win over Dayton and Ole Miss did it again, this time to Houston, winning 12-3. Tennessee scored 30 combined runs and allowed just one in victories over Northern Colorado and Oregon State, while Auburn beat down Mercer 10-1.

Florida winning 5-0 over FIU seems paltry, doesn’t it?

The only exceptions were mostly on the losing end, but LSU grabbed two victories to the tune of 7-4 and 2-0 over Georgia Southern and Central Arkansas. Alabama fell to UL Lafayette 7-0, Texas A&M edged out Stephen F. Austin 8-7 and finally, South Carolina fell to Louisiana Tech 5-1.

Four teams in the conference now check in with unbeaten records. Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M have yet to take a loss this season, with the Bulldogs leading the charge with 12 wins. South Carolina was the most recent to be knocked from the 0-loss club, and finds themselves among Auburn, Florida and LSU with one loss. To be fair, that’s not awful company to be in.

Alabama’s two-game losing streak has put them on skates, while Ole Miss, who has the same record (7-2) is feeling the opposite as they’re riding a four-game winning streak. Rounding out the standings are MIzzou, Mississippi State and Kentucky, all of whom were not in action on Sunday.

Players of the Week

(As determined by the SEC)

Player of the Week: LSU OF Bailey Landry

(Stats: 13-16 (.813 BA), .778 OBP, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 7 R, 10 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

Pitcher of the Week: Florida RHP Kelly Barnhill

(Stats: 3-0, 14.2 IP, 0 ER, 32 K)

Freshman of the Week: Ole Miss 3B Dylinn Stancil

(Stats: 7-11 (.636 BA), 2B, HR, 4 R, 8 RBI, BB)

Tonight’s Slate

Just one game is going down as Tennessee looks to stay unbeaten, taking on New Mexico State. The game won’t be on TV.