Sarah Wright has been a softball success at every level she’s played. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
The hits keep coming.
Coupeville grad Sarah Wright picked up two more base-knocks Sunday, and the former Wolf continues to swing a hot bat during her freshman softball season at Sewanee: The University of the South.
The Tennessee-based Tigers dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, but remain competitive despite playing with a very-thin roster.
Sewanee was edged 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel in Sunday’s opener, then fell 9-3 in the nightcap, dropping their record to 2-8 on the season.
The Tigers return to Georgia this coming Tuesday, February 25, when they play a doubleheader against Covenant College (0-4) at Lookout Mountain.
Facing off with Wesleyan, Wright picked up a pair of singles and scored a run in game two while hitting out of the cleanup spot in the lineup.
The former CHS star also caught both games, and has started all 10 contests during her first go-around as a college player.
Sewanee has a 40-game regular-season schedule.
At the quarter mark, Wright is hitting .267 with eight hits (including a three-run home run), six RBI, two walks, and a .367 slugging percentage.
She leads the Tigers in RBI’s, is tied for #1 in home runs, and is second on the squad in hits, total bases (11), and slugging percentage.
During her Coupeville days, Wright was the Valedictorian for the Class of 2019, while playing soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball.
The ever-energetic one capped her illustrious prairie career by helping lead CHS softball back to the state tourney during her senior season, only the third time the Wolf sluggers have made the trip in 41 seasons.
In between running wild through the parking lots in Richland last spring, tempting wayward seagulls with sandwiches, Wright rapped five hits across three games in her prep swan song.
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