Taylor Carter Named ODAC Softball Player of the Week

Taylor Carter Named ODAC Softball Player of the Week

Forest, Va. – Roanoke College's Taylor Carter has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Softball Player of the Week as the league announced its weekly awards on Monday.

Carter, a junior from Roanoke, Va., reached base in all five games and proved a disruption on the base paths in helping the Maroons to a 4-0 week in conference play. Carter went 7-for-13 with two doubles, six runs scored, a walk, and five stolen bases to help her to a .538/.571/.692 slash line. She doubled as part of a two-hit day with a stolen base in a 3-2 win over Bridgewater. She smacked three more hits in a 9-1 victory in game two, driving in a run and swiping two more bags. Carter walked and scored to help Roanoke to a 4-0 victory over in game one against Eastern Mennonite. She came back with two hits including a double, scored two more runs and stole an additional two bases in a 4-1 victory in game two. For the season, Carter his hitting .318 with a .392 on-base percentage and a .458 slugging percentage. She is second in the league with 29 stolen bases and ninth with 30 runs scored.

Roanoke will be back in action on April 22 when it travels to Randolph-Macon for an ODAC doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m.