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Collins Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week
April 17, 2012
STARKVILLE, Miss. - - Senior pitcher Tori Collins of Louisville has been named as the Louisville Slugger Division I National Player of the Week for games played April 9-15. This marks the first time a Cardinal pitcher has earned the honor and the second time a player from Louisville has been named national player of the week. Chelsea Bemis earned the honor on April 27, 2010. Collins went 3-0 with a save last week and did not allow a run, earned or otherwise, over 21.0 innings of work. Over four appearances, she allowed just four hits and five walks, while striking out 17. She ended the week with a perfect 0.00 ERA and a .087 opponent's batting average. In a mid-week doubleheader with Villanova, the Lafayette, Ind., native pitched a complete game four-hitter in the opener, before returning in the second game to close out the final two innings and earn her third save of the season. In a weekend three-game set with Longwood, the senior the first notched the first two no-hitters of her career during the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday and the series finale on Sunday. Collins is now 18-1 on the year with a 1.11 ERA, the ninth best in all of Division I. Through 120.1 innings of work, she has walked just 32 while striking out 136. She is also ranked seventh in the nation in hits allowed per seven innings at 4.07 and 22nd in shutouts with 7.0. Release courtesy of NFCA
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