Lockett, Siebert take home NFCA All-Region accolades
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. – Carson-Newman outfielder Bre Lockett and utility infielder Elayna Siebert have landed on their second all-region team in a week. Both players earn first team All-Southeast Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
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LOUSIVILLE, Ky. – Carson-Newman outfielder Bre Lockett and utility infielder Elayna Siebert have landed on their second all-region team in a week. Both players earn first team All-Southeast Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Siebert and Lockett's all-region accolades bring Carson-Newman's all-time total to 27. It marks the first time in five years that Carson-Newman has had multiple players make an all-region first team.
Lockett also garnered first team all-SAC honors after leading the league in batting average (.452), on-base percentage (.545) and slugging (.841).
A two-time SAC Player of the Week, National Women Play Ball DII Athlete of the Week and TSWA Player of the Week, she is top 30 in the nation with her batting average and is tied for fourth in the league with 13 home runs and fourth in the league with 55 RBI. –
Lockett has three, four-hit games this season (Bluefield State, Fort Valley State and Tusculum), and she set Carson-Newman's single game records against the Blues for home runs (three), RBI (nine) and total bases (13).
She scored a school record five runs against Fort Valley State. Lockett put together a 12-game hitting streak where, among which included nine straight mutli-hit games. She has a team-best 18 multi-hit games this season and a team-best 11 mutli-RBI games.
Siebert came on late to finish as the runner up to Lockett for the league's batting title with a .440 average (also good for 86th in the nation). Siebert also earned first team all-conference and all-region honors as a freshman utility player.
In conference play only, Siebert is second in the league in HR (8), RBI (20) and total bases (50). She leads the league in conference play only with 19 runs scored.
Siebert put together the longest hitting streak of the season for an Eagle at 14 games. She has 17 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games.
Siebert matched the school record for double in a game with a three-double game against Mars Hill.
