Two Hilltoppers Earn CUSA Weekly Honors

BOWLING GREEN, KY. -- After a dramatic week featuring only the third tie in program history and a two-hit shutout of Louisville, Conference USA added to that mix with their announcement of their weekly awards.

Morgan Sharpe was awarded Player of the Week for the first time in her career while Erica Houge earned Pitcher of the Week, also for the first time in her young career.

Earning Freshman of the Week earlier this season, Houge's Pitcher of the Week comes after a performance where she posted a 0.79 ERA in 17.1 innings of work over the four games.

Houge led the Hilltoppers to their first win over Louisville since 2007 with a two-hit shutout. She needed only 79 pitches--the second fewest on the season—to accomplish the task, and her 11.3 pitches per inning is the most efficient complete game performance this season.

In addition, Hogue didn't allow a Cardinal past second base and posted an opposing batting average of 0.090. She also didn't give up a hit better than a single against an offense that was hitting .308 going into Tuesday and possessed a .452 slugging percentage.

Hitting .305 on the season, Sharpe hit for a staggering .533 (8-for-13) batting average over the last four games, including a blistering .455 (5-for-11) performance over the three games against FIU and a 3-for-4 (.750) batting average against Louisville. Rounding out her hitting performance is a .600 slugging percentage with seven singles and a double.

She's also riding a six-game hitting streak and is hitting .500 since Game One against NMSU on April 17.

On the field, she posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with seven putouts on 13 attempts.

The Hilltoppers close out their 2025 season with a three-game series agaisnt Jax State starting Friday, May 2.

Players Mentioned

Erica Houge

Morgan Sharpe

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