Liebengood, Degree named GSAC Players of the Week

Vanguard University pitcher Gina Liebengood and Concordia

University infielder Kristin Degree, a former Orange Coast College

standout, were Golden State Athletic Conference Players of the Week.

Liebengood, a junior, had two complete-game shutouts and three innings

of one-hit relief for the Lions. In her 17 innings pitched last week,

Liebengood compiled 13 strikeouts, while surrendering only seven hits and

four walks.

Included in her numbers was a complete-game one-hitter in the Lions’

1-0 win over The Master’s College on April 3 and a 5-hit shutout against

Cal State San Bernardino on April 4.

Degree, a sophomore who last year, set the OCC school record for the

best single-season batting average (.444) and tied the single-season

school mark in stolen bases (40) and runs scored (36), was 7 for 8 in

three Eagles’ games last week.

Degree scored six of Concordia’s 20 runs and had a stolen base and two

RBIs as well. Her best game came against Hope International on April 3,

when she went 4 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI.