Top-ranked Southern Oregon University’s Lauren Quirke was named the Embrace Health-Santiam Hospital Softball Pitcher of the Week, her
 
Quirke, a five-foot-six senior pitcher/third baseman from San Mateo, Calif., has now gone 36 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. She had a career-high 13 strikeouts in Thursday's two-hit shutout victory over Warner Pacific University. Quirke has allowed a total of 10 hits over her last six outings and owns an 8-1 record on the season with a 1.71 ERA.