Point Park junior second baseman Ashley Morran was named the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Week.
Morran, a Trinity High School graduate, hit .550 (11-for-20) as the Pioneer went 5-1. Morran had four home runs, 10 runs batted in, three doubles, three walks and nine runs scored.
Nick Tolomeo's feature on the Trinity softball team:
"A worst-to-first story is developing in WPIAL softball and it is happening at Trinity High School.
A year after finishing 2-8 in Class AAA Section 2 and in last place in the six-team section, the Hillers are 9-0 in section play this year and one of the surprise stories of the WPIAL.
Overall, Trinity is 9-2 with its first loss of the season coming last Friday to Bloom-Carroll from Ohio at the Wendy's Classic in Ashland, Ohio. It remains perfect in section play heading into its game this afternoon against West Allegheny."
Worst to first stories are incredibly rare in high school sports but that is currently what the Trinity softball team is in the midst of.
A year after going 6-9 and 2-8 in Class AAA Section 2 to finish last in the section, the Hillers are atop Section 2 and it is not even close.
Trinity was forced to wait until April 5 to open section play. The Hillers made sure it was worth the wait.
Trinity opened Class AAA Section 2 play by knocking off defending WPIAL champion Montour on Friday. It had to wait an extra two weeks after weather forced a postponement of its section games against Carrick and Moon.
Point Park senior Kristen Zelenka was named the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.
Zelenka, a Trinity graduate, gave up just two earned runs in six innings to earn the win against Berea. She struck out five as the Pioneers won 10-4.
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