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Purvis Powers Her Way To SEC Co-Player Of The Week
March 29, 2022 | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi State's Addison Purvis has been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday. It is her first career weekly honor from the league.
The sophomore from Sullivan, Missouri, batted .750 (6-for-8) across three starts last week and posted a 1.875 slugging percentage. Purvis drove in seven runs with three doubles and a pair of homers.
Purvis opened her week by turning in her first career multi-homer game, hitting a three-run and a two-run shot at Memphis as the Bulldogs tallied a school-record six long balls. She was 2-for-2 with a walk in that contest.
Then on Saturday, Purvis played a key role in scoring all four of MSU's runs in a doubleheader sweep of Samford. In Game 1, her hits led to two runs once she was replaced for a pinch runner. In Game 2, it was her two-run double in the bottom of the sixth that proved the difference in a come-from-behind victory.
Purvis was a perfect 3-for-3 with runners on base over the week and was 3-for-4 with two outs.
She's now batting .438 on the year, which would lead the team if she had the minimum number of plate appearances, and slugging .813 with a .571 on-base percentage.
Mississippi State (22-10, 4-2 SEC) will travel to Middle Tennessee (Mar. 30) and No. 11 Tennessee (April 1-3) this week. The Bulldogs have won six straight and 12 of their last 15 contests.
For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "HailStateSB."
The sophomore from Sullivan, Missouri, batted .750 (6-for-8) across three starts last week and posted a 1.875 slugging percentage. Purvis drove in seven runs with three doubles and a pair of homers.
Purvis opened her week by turning in her first career multi-homer game, hitting a three-run and a two-run shot at Memphis as the Bulldogs tallied a school-record six long balls. She was 2-for-2 with a walk in that contest.
Then on Saturday, Purvis played a key role in scoring all four of MSU's runs in a doubleheader sweep of Samford. In Game 1, her hits led to two runs once she was replaced for a pinch runner. In Game 2, it was her two-run double in the bottom of the sixth that proved the difference in a come-from-behind victory.
Purvis was a perfect 3-for-3 with runners on base over the week and was 3-for-4 with two outs.
She's now batting .438 on the year, which would lead the team if she had the minimum number of plate appearances, and slugging .813 with a .571 on-base percentage.
Mississippi State (22-10, 4-2 SEC) will travel to Middle Tennessee (Mar. 30) and No. 11 Tennessee (April 1-3) this week. The Bulldogs have won six straight and 12 of their last 15 contests.
For more information on the Bulldog softball program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "HailStateSB."
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