SB2/23/2015 12:00 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Sutherland-Finch Earns Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week Nod
San Francisco -- California sophomore Katie Sutherland-Finch won three games in the circle this past week to take home Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, the second week in a row a Golden Bear has won the award.
Oregon's Jenna Lilley was voted Player of the Week and Utah's Katie Donovan earned Freshman of the Week honors.
At the highly competitive Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. this weekend, Sutherland-Finch helped the Bears to two wins, adding to her win over crosstown rival St. Mary's earlier in the week. The Cal ace racked up four complete-game performances in 26 innings in the circle, allowing 22 hits and just four earned runs for a 1.08 ERA and only five walks through four games.
Sutherland-Finch turned in her best performance of the year against 10th-ranked Tennessee, setting a new career-high with nine strikeouts while holding the Lady Volunteers to five hits in a complete-game shutout victory.
Two days later, Sutherland-Finch picked up her fifth win on the year when she threw six innings against LIU Brooklyn in a six inning, 11-1 victory. The sophomore gave up one unearned run and struck out two to help the Golden Bears improve to 13-1 on the season.
Earlier in the week, Sutherland-Finch tossed a then-season high six strikeouts and three-hit the Gaels.
Cal went 3-1 this week with the sophomore in the circle as she lowered her ERA to 2.42 and is now 5-1 in eight appearances in 2015.