CAITLYNN DYKES OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY, a first-year catcher from Port Neches, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Softball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 19 through Sunday, March 25.

Dykes led Trinity to a four-game SCAC sweep of the University of Dallas over the weekend, putting the Tigers into first in the West Division standings.

Dykes hit a blistering .615 over the weekend, going 8-13 at the plate. She scored eight runs and had eight RBI in the four games, leading the team in both categories. Dykes also held a slugging percentage of 1.077 with a double, a triple, and her third homer of the season.
She opened the weekend with a 3-4 performance, driving in three runs and scoring another. In the second game, she went 2-3 with three runs and two RBI, hitting a triple and a home run.

On the final day, Dykes was 3-6 with four runs and three RBI in the two games to finish the sweep, and extend her hitting streak to 14 games.

For the season, Dykes is second on the team with a .432 batting average, going 32-74 with 20 runs and a team-leading 28 RBI. She leads the Tigers in slugging (.649) and is second in on-base percentage (.482) for the year.

SCAC Softball Offensive
Players-of-the-Week
Week 1     Haley Hughes, Southwestern University
Week 2     Bethany Fronk, Birmingham-Southern College
Week 3     Allison Tarbox, Millsaps College
Week 4     Ashley Christian, Centre College
Week 5     Ashley Halbert, Hendrix College
Week 6     Caitlynn Dykes, Trinity University
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