Najdek Named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – Oregon State senior pitcher Amanda Najdek has been named Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Najdek shut down a high-powered Arizona State offense to help the Beavers to a pair of wins and a series victory over the No. 5/7 Sun Devils. The senior threw complete games in both of her starts, holding ASU to just a single earned run in each outing. She opened the weekend by allowing just six hits and recording six strikeouts in the first game, a 3-2 victory for the Beavers. Najdek then came back with another gem on Sunday, allowing just one run on seven hits for a 3-1 win. Overall, she held a Sun Devil offense that entered the series averaging nearly seven runs per game to just three total runs over the course of her two starts.
The honor is the first of Najdek's career, and the 36th in Oregon State history.
As a team, the Beavers earned their first series victory over the Sun Devils since 2010, and their first series win over a top-10 team since upsetting No. 9 Washington in 2012. The Beavers will make their Pac-12 Networks debut this weekend, when they head to Arizona for a three-game series against the Wildcats beginning Saturday.
