May 12, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State's Bailey Micetich (Woodland, Calif./Pioneer HS) has been named the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. It is the third weekly honor for the freshman, seventh pitcher of the week accolade by an Aztec this season and ninth weekly award (pitcher or player of the week) by an SDSU player this year.
Micetich, who was named the MWC Freshman of the Year and to the all-conference team on Monday, got the win in San Diego State's only game last weekend, a 7-1 victory over UNLV on Saturday. She limited a Rebel team who came into the game with a .307 batting average and 47 home runs to just three singles. Micetich, who was perfect through five innings, also struck out three in six innings of work without yielding a walk.
On the season, the righthander is 19-6 with a 1.49 ERA over 173 2/3 innings. Micetich, who earlier this season set a school record with 15 consecutive victories, has recorded 177 strikeouts to 34 walks for a 5.21 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
The Aztecs (33-18) earned their fifth NCAA tournament bid in nine seasons on Sunday and will play defending champion and 10th-seeded Arizona State (40-16) Friday on the Sun Devil campus at 5 p.m. The entire Tempe Regional will be broadcast live on ESPNU, including the preliminary game between LSU (32-16-1) and Cal State Fullerton (29-19), which will begin at 2:30 p.m.