CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the first this season, three different players from Bowie State softball has earned Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) weekly honors in the same week as Brittany Brewer, Lindsey George and Karen Fritzges were recognized by the conference office Tuesday.

Brewer (Savage, MD) wins her first CIAA Player of the Week award of 2023. In 10 games last week, the sophomore first basement held down the position for Bowie State, finishing the week with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, recording 36 putouts and helping the Bulldogs to a 5-3 record in non-conference play. In the second game of the doubleheader against Chestnut Hill, the sophomore recorded a season-high 11 putouts.

At the plate, Brewer went 6-for-13 with two doubles while scoring seven times and drawing six walks. 

George (Fayetteville, GA) batted .438 (7-for-16) at the plate with six runs scored, six runs batted in, eight walks, and four stolen bases. In a 12-2 win over Bluefield State, George earned a two-RBI triple and finished with four RBIs and a run scored. The sophomore added another hit and a walk in a 11-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader against Big Blue. In a pair of victories over Chestnut Hill, George had three hits in five at-bats and added three walks, two steals, two runs scored, and an RBI. In the doubleheader against Goldey-Beacom, George went a combined two-for-three with a double while drawing two walks, scoring twice, and swiping a base.

George also contributed in the pitcher's circle last week, recording a win, a save, and striking out five batters while not allowing a run in six innings of play. 

Fritzges (Baltimore, MD) takes home CIAA Pitcher of the Week honors after making a pair of starts last week. Against Bluefield State, Fritzges fired a complete-game shutout, limiting Big Blue to four hits.  The sophomore went three innings and allowed just one hit (no earned runs) against Chestnut Hill as the Griffins batted .083 against her. Across two appearances against Delaware State, Fritzges pitched 6.2 innings and allowed just two earned runs. Versus Goldey-Beacom, Fritzges allowed one earned run in three innings.She is 3-1 in the circle with a 1.35 ERA. 

BSU has won seven of its last 10 games and now sits 13-9 overall. The Bulldogs will begin conference play this week at the CIAA Round-Up in Elizabeth City, N.C. 

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