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Redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia had three hits at the plate and earned a win and a save in the circle.
Rachel Garcia Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week
March 28, 2017 | Softball
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SAN FRANCISCO - Rachel Garcia earned Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Week honors, as announced on Tuesday. Last weekend, Garcia recorded a win and a save in the circle with 10 strikeouts in 7 2/3 shutout innings, while adding three hits in nine at-bats.
In a doubleheader sweep against BYU last Saturday, Garcia started game one and tossed a complete-game one-hitter, striking out nine in seven innings. She would come into the nightcap in relief, getting a pair of outs in the seventh and striking out one for the save. At the plate, the redshirt freshman singled in the second game against BYU and added two singles the next day versus Dartmouth.
Garcia is 8-4 with a 1.66 earned run average and 88 strikeouts in 80 1/3 innings in the circle, while hitting .280 at the plate with 12 runs batted in, nine walks and four doubles.
The award is the second of the season for the Bruins and Garcia, who was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21. UCLA has won three FOW honors in just the third year the award has been bestowed.
The Bruins travel to Washington this weekend for a three-game series, which starts on Friday at 6 p.m. The contest will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network National and Los Angeles.
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