TOLEDO, Ohio – Toledo right-handed pitcher Sophia Knight was tabbed as this week's Mid-American Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week, for her performance at last weekend's Velvet Milkman Classic in Murray, Ky. The junior shares the weekly conference honor with Ohio's RHP Skipp Miller.

Knight led the Toledo pitching staff at Murray State's Velvet Milkman Classic, allowing just two earned runs and striking out 22 batters for a 0.65 ERA in 21.2 innings pitched. The junior came on in relief to pitch for the last five innings, allowing just one unearned run and striking out the side to end the game in Friday's win over IUPUI. Later that afternoon, she recorded six strikeouts, including the 200th of her career, in 5.2 innings to pick up the win over Western Illinois.

Knight pitched five scoreless innings in relief and put WIU down in order in the seventh to pick up the win on Saturday.

This is Knight's first MAC Co-Pitcher of the Week honor and first for the Toledo softball team this season.

Toledo (5-3) will play five games at Grand Canyon's Purple Classic on March 1-3 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Toledo's 2024 MAC Softball Player of the Week Honors
Pitcher
Feb. 27 – Sophia Knight