MORGAN TUCKER | VIRGINIA WESLEYAN | RIGHT FIELD
Tucker, a sophomore from Dinwiddie, Va., is in the weekly winners' circle for a second straight week after helping nationally top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan to a 4-0 record with sweeps on the road at Salisbury (9-0, 12-3) and versus Lynchburg (8-0, 12-1). The Marlins are now 40-0 overall, making them the first club in ODAC softball history – dating back to 1990 – to post a maximum 40-0 regular season mark. Tucker slashed an eye-opening .583/.625/1.417 with five of her seven hits going for extra bases on the way to racking up 12 RBI and six runs scored. At Salisbury, Tucker went a combined 4-for-7 with three RBI in each game. She homered and walked twice in game one and tripled in game two. Against Lynchburg, Tucker went 3-for-5 with six RBI including five in game two. She doubled and walked with two runs scored and a sacrifice fly in game one, and doubled with a homer in game two. For the season, Tucker leads the ODAC in many major statistical categories including batting (.523), OPS (1.581), slugging (.982), OBP (.599), homers (10), and RBI (71). She is five RBI shy of matching her own ODAC record for runs driven in in a season.