Softball’s Tufts Garners SoCon Pitcher Of The Week Honors

Greenville, S.C. – Furman’s Sierra Tufts has been named Southern Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced on Monday afternoon by the league office. Tufts spearheaded Furman’s best-of-three series victory over Wofford this past weekend in the first ever meetings between the schools on the softball diamond by going 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA in two appearances against the Terriers. In Friday’s series opener, Tufts hurled a complete-game, one-hit shutout as Furman edged its upstate rivals 1-0. She fanned a career-best 10 batters without issuing a walk and faced just one batter over the minimum. With the series…