Hill Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week

Senior right-hander Molly Hill was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday, just minutes prior to earning the win in Nebraska’s 10-0 five-inning victory over Iowa State.

Hill was outstanding last week, posting a 3-0 record against Big 12 competition, including two upset wins over 20th-ranked Texas. She earned the start in all four Husker games, tossing 27.0 innings and throwing 442 pitches in less than four days. Hill allowed just 19 hits in her four starts as opponents hit a paltry .198 against her.

Hill opened the week with a brilliant two-hit shutout performance in game one of a doubleheader at Kansas, as she allowed only one ball to leave the infield all game while tossing the second Big 12 shutout of her career. She added six more scoreless innings in game two, until being charged with one run upon re-entering the game and allowing a walk-off two-run single with one out in the bottom of the seventh.

In the weekend series against 20th-ranked Texas, Hill held down a UT squad that entered the series averaging a Big 12-best 6.6 runs per game in conference play. Hill limited the Longhorns to just one run in the first game of the series before holding Texas to two runs in the finale. Texas had been held to less than three runs only once in conference play entering the weekend series, where the Longhorns were held to three total runs.

The award was the second of the season for Hill and the third of her career. Hill and her Husker teammates host Iowa State on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Bowlin Stadium.