Bowling Green State University Athletics
Gottshall Named MAC Pitcher of the Week Yet Again
April 26, 2022 | Softball
Falcon phenom earns the honor for the SIXTH time in 2022
CLEVELAND, Ohio (BGSU Strategic Communications) – Bowling Green State University softball standout Payton Gottshall has earned Mid-American Conference Pitcher-of-the-Week honors yet again. The announcement was made by the league office on Tuesday afternoon (April 26).
Gottshall earns the honor for the sixth time this season and the 10th time in her stellar BGSU career.
Gottshall, a native of Massillon, Ohio (Perry H.S.), threw a perfect game against Akron on Sunday, for her third no-hitter and second perfect game of the season. There have been four perfect games in school history, and Gottshall has three of them. She needed just 53 pitches, throwing 39 for strikes, to throw that five-inning perfecto vs. the Zips.
Earlier in the week, Gottshall picked up a win at league-leading Miami, then suffered a loss to the RedHawks the next day despite allowing just two hits in her complete-game effort.
Then, on Saturday, she earned a complete-game win over Akron in the first game of a DH, before starting the second game and working into the third inning. Gottshall had 46 strikeouts in 27 innings of work on the week.
On the season, Gottshall is now 19-9 with a 1.41 ERA and a .159 opponent batting average, and she has 281 strikeouts – just one shy of tying her own single-season record. In MAC games, she has a 1.25 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 101 innings.
BGSU is 25-14 overall, and the Falcons are 11-8 in MAC play heading into a three-game weekend series at Ball State.
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Gottshall earns the honor for the sixth time this season and the 10th time in her stellar BGSU career.
Gottshall, a native of Massillon, Ohio (Perry H.S.), threw a perfect game against Akron on Sunday, for her third no-hitter and second perfect game of the season. There have been four perfect games in school history, and Gottshall has three of them. She needed just 53 pitches, throwing 39 for strikes, to throw that five-inning perfecto vs. the Zips.
Earlier in the week, Gottshall picked up a win at league-leading Miami, then suffered a loss to the RedHawks the next day despite allowing just two hits in her complete-game effort.
Then, on Saturday, she earned a complete-game win over Akron in the first game of a DH, before starting the second game and working into the third inning. Gottshall had 46 strikeouts in 27 innings of work on the week.
On the season, Gottshall is now 19-9 with a 1.41 ERA and a .159 opponent batting average, and she has 281 strikeouts – just one shy of tying her own single-season record. In MAC games, she has a 1.25 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 101 innings.
BGSU is 25-14 overall, and the Falcons are 11-8 in MAC play heading into a three-game weekend series at Ball State.
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For more information on all things BGSU softball, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUSoftball) and Instagram (@bgsu_softball) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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