University of Minnesota Athletics
Partain Earns Big Ten Accolade
2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball
MaKenna Partain earned the first 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolade, the conference announced Monday.
In her first ever collegiate game Partain helped lead the Maroon and Gold to victory. She went 3-4 with two RBIs including a walk-off single that lifted the Gophers to a 3-2 win over Maryland.
B7: @Madz_Houlihoop comes sliding home on the @makennapartain2 walk-off single!! How about the freshman!? pic.twitter.com/4sNzr0P9Ng
- Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) February 10, 2017
Throughout the rest of the weekend Partain was a steady presence in starting lineup at second base. She hit a team leading .533 average with eight hits, one double, four RBIs and a .600 slugging percentage. She recorded eight putouts and 10 assists in the field.
The Banks, Ore. Native also had quite the fan club watching from back home.
How about the @makennapartain2 fan club watching our games back in Oregon this weekend! We love our #Gophers family. pic.twitter.com/HgDxEKpHDl
- Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) February 12, 2017
Partain and the Gophers will be back in action at the ACC/B1G Challenge next weekend. Don't forget to follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all season long to keep up with the latest news, features, videos and more!
