Cox Named Big West Co-Pitcher of the Week April 21, 2003 – Fullerton, Calif.
Cal State Fullerton senior lefthander Jodie Cox (Lancaster, Calif./Quartz
Hill HS) was named the Big West Conference's Co-Pitcher of the Week on
Monday afternoon after her stellar performances against Long Beach State
this past weekend.
She shared the honor with the 49ers' Meredith Cervenka.
Cox won the award for the second straight week and the fourth time overall
this season -- the most among league hurlers. It is the ninth career honor
for Cox, putting her in a tie for third all time in Big West Conference
history with former UNLV pitcher Lori Harrigan.
Cox trails only teammate Gina Oaks (10 career Pitcher of the Week award)
and former Pacific ace Cindy Ball (11 career honors) on the all-time list.
Cox was 2-0 last week, pitching a pair of four-hit shutouts to win her
18th and 19th consecutive Big West Conference starts dating back to April
21, 2001. She did not allow a run in 17 innings, scattering just eight
hits and striking out 24 batters in her two starts.
In game one, Cox went all 10 innings to pick up the victory, striking
out 13 batters -- just three short of tying her career high. She almost
duplicated the effort in game three of the series, striking out 11 Long
Beach State betters en route to the 4-0 win.
Cox extended her scoreless innings streak to 36 innings while notching
her fifth consecutive shutout and also tallying her eighth and ninth double-digit
strikeout games of the year. She allowed just one extra base hit on the
weekend and held the 49ers' bats to a .133 team batting average.
Cox improved to 15-7 overall on the year, having won her last eight consecutive
starts dating back to March 29, with a 1.27 ERA, which ranks second in
the Big West. She leads the league in opponents' batting average (.131),
strikeouts (173) and earned runs allowed (27) while co-leading the conference
in victories and complete games (19).
Cal State Fullerton returns to action this weekend when it opens a three-game
series at UC Riverside. The series kicks off with a doubleheader on Saturday
(April 26) at Noon and concludes with a single game on Sunday (April 27),
also at 12 p.m.
