Brown, Hall Named to All-HCAC Tournament Team

Anderson University softball standouts Jayden Brown (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) and Ally Hall (Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights) have been named to the All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Tournament team, which was announced by the conference on Saturday.

Anderson (14-21) earned the No. 3 seed in the HCAC Tournament after posting a 9-7 record in conference play. The Ravens opened up the tournament against second-seeded Mount St. Joseph University (30-8) and fell 6-0. Anderson then sparked a late rally against fourth-seeded Hanover College (12-19) to capture a 6-5 victory. Fifth-seeded Franklin College (21-15) then handed Anderson a 10-6 loss to knock the Ravens out of the tournament.

Sophomore leadoff hitter Brown went 6-for-11 with two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and four runs during the tournament. On the tournament, Brown provided a .545 batting average, a .500 on-base percentage and a .909 slugging percentage. She finished 1-for-4 with a double against Mount St. Joseph. Brown then produced a double and a triple, as she went 3-for-4 against Hanover. She then went 2-for-3 against Franklin.

"Jayden was hot from Game 1," Coach Tony Holloway said. "She started out 1-for-4, but then she caught on fire. She set the table for us all the way through the tournament."

Freshman No. 2 hitter Hall went 4-for-8 with five RBIs, two walks, two runs and a stolen base. She put together a .500 batting average, a .600 on-base percentage and a .500 slugging percentage. Hall drew two walks in three plate appearances against Mount St. Joseph. She then drove in three runs, going 2-for-3 against Hanover. Hall went 2-for-4 against Franklin.

"Ally has just started to come into her own. She was starting to break out of a long slump and become an RBI machine for us this weekend."

On the weekend, Brown and Hall contributed to seven of Anderson's 11 RBIs.

"You wouldn't think your No. 1 and No. 2 hitters could put that much influence into RBIs, but they pretty much had the bulk of our RBIs from this weekend."