MAC Freedom Pitcher of the Week
Gracen Staunton (Wilkes / Fr., P / Kernersville, N.C.) helped Wilkes start out the season 7-1 by recording four wins with a 0.53 ERA, three shutouts, four complete-games, 30 strikeouts, two earned runs and just three walks in 26.1 innings of work. Staunton threw a no-hitter in her first career start giving up just one walk in five innings with 10 strikeouts in an 8-0 win over Lehman. The freshman then threw three complete-games with two shutouts. In a 4-0 complete-game shutout over Medaillie, she struck out seven batters and walked none. She picked up seven more strikeouts while allow no earned runs a 4-3 win over Ursinus, and then struck out six batters and walked none in a complete-game two-hit 8-0 win over La Roche.