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MWC Weekly Softball Awards
San Diego State's Alnes and Utah's Cannon honored
April 25, 2006 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State freshman Monica Alnes and Utah junior Karina Cannon were named the Mountain West Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. It marked the first career honor for both Alnes and Cannon. Alnes, a native of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., batted .571 (8-for-14) as the Aztecs went 4-0 on the road last week, sweeping Colorado State and New Mexico. She led the team in runs (7), doubles (3), RBI (7), total bases (16), and slugging percentage (1.143), and was second with a .647 on base percentage. Alnes went 2-for-4 with a game-winning RBI double in the seventh inning of SDSU's 8-6 first-game win against New Mexico. In the second game against the Lobos, she hit for the cycle and had career highs of five RBI and four runs as the Aztecs beat the Lobos, 21-5, in five innings. Cannon, hailing from St. Clair, Australia, came on in the fifth inning of the first game against BYU to pick up her fourth save of the year. In her performance, she allowed four hits and one earned run, and didn't walk a single Cougar batter. Cannon also got the start and the win in the nightcap with BYU. In that game, she didn't surrender an earned run and held the Cougars to only five hits, while not walking a batter. She also started in the non-league game with San Jose State, leaving the game with Utah up 3-1. Cannon held the Spartans to only two hits and gave up one earned run. In 13.1 innings of work, she struck out five batters and walked none.
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