Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech softball’s Reagan Marchant was named Conference USA Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday on the eve of the Bulldogs home opener.
Tech (8-2) hosts Northwestern State (3-8) tonight at 6 p.m. in the home opener at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field with the game on ESPN+ with Malcolm Butler providing a call of the contest.
Marchant, the CUSA Preseason Player of the Year, found her rhythm at the plate, going 8-for-20 (.400) with nine RBI and three runs scored across six games. She hit three home runs during this past weekend’s Mardi Gras Mambo.
Marchant registered two multi-hit games, collecting two hits against Eastern Illinois and three against St. Thomas. She drove in two runs in the win over New Mexico and added three RBI in the victory over Georgia State.
The redshirt junior hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against New Mexico to give the Bulldogs to a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Lobos.
Marchant was flawless defensively at first base, recording 40 putouts without an error over the six-game stretch.
She is batting .353 this season (12-for-34) with 10 RBI and seven runs scored. Marchant has registered five extra-base hits with three homers and two doubles.
Tech leads the all-time series against NSU 62-51, including two straight wins. The Bulldogs could be facing a former teammate tonight as NSU’s Mattison Buster, who transferred in the off-season, could ber called upon in the circle.
