University of Minnesota Athletics
SB: Higginbotham Named Big Ten Player of the Week
4/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Softball
In a two-game sweep of North Dakota State last Thursday, she went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Minnesota's pair of one-run victories. In a 3-2 win in the opener, Higginbotham went 2-for-3, including a two-run home run in the fourth inning to erase a 2-1 deficit. In the second game, Higginbotham went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI sacrifice fly in the first inning.
In Minnesota's sweep of Michigan State on Sunday, she went 8-for-9 with a home run, two doubles, four runs scored and five RBI. In the 8-0 six-inning victory in the opener, Higginbotham went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI. Higginbotham led off the sixth with a double as Minnesota scored seven runs in the stanza. She finished the inning with an RBI double to give the Golden Gophers an 8-0 win. The two doubles tie the school record. In the nightcap, she went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and a career-high four RBI. She had an RBI bunt single in the first inning and then capped her week off with a three-run home run in the seventh inning of the 9-2 win.
A first-team All-Mideast Region selection as a freshman, Higginbotham leads the Golden Gophers with a .370 batting average with four home runs and 20 RBI. A native of Tallahassee, Fla, she has started 98 straight games behind the plate for Minnesota.
