Samantha Bratland Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 4/23/2017 Sport Softball School Luther College Year Sophomore Position Hometown Spring Grove, Minn. High School Spring Grove Softball – Pitcher of the Week Samantha Bratland, Luther College So., P, Spring Grove, Minn. / Spring Grove Bratland picked up four wins this past week, one in relief, helping Luther remain atop the IIAC standings with a mark of 11-1 Game 1 vs No. 10 Central: Win 4-2 (7) Faced 32 batters, five hits allowed, two runs allowed, three walks, four strikeouts, .179 opponent batting average Game 2 vs Buena Vista: Win 8-0 (4) Face 13 batters, one hit allowed, three strikeouts, .077 opponent batting average Game 3 vs Buena Vista: Win 6-5 (came in in the second frame with Luther trailing 4-3 and allowed one run in five innings) Faced 20 batters, allowed four hits, allowed one run, struck out four, .235 opponent batting average Game 4 vs Dubuque: Win 4-1 (7) Faced 26 batters, allowed five hits, one run allowed, three strikeouts, .192 opponent batting average Bratland allowed four earned runs and struck out 14 and walked just 4 batters en route to an ERA of 1.21 Her season record is now 17-2 and has an ERA of 1.16 This is Bratland’s second Pitcher of the Week honor in her career (4/23/17, 3/21/16) 2016 First Team All-Iowa Conference Pitcher
