ROCK HILL, S.C. – Graduate student shortstop
Lauren Taylor and freshman left-handed pitch
Cierra Gawryluk of the Longwood softball team have been named to the 2024 Big South Championship All-Tournament team, the league announced Sunday.
Taylor batted .417 in three tournament games with five hits in 12 at-bats. She hit a three-run home run down the line in left field in the third inning to give the Lancers a 3-2 lead in the opening game of the event against Winthrop.
Taylor, a Mechanicsville, Va., native drove in five runs and scored three for the week, also stealing a base.
Gawryluk went 1-0 with a 3.57 ERA in three starts in the circle for Longwood. She helped the Lancers beat Charleston Southern, 7-5, on Friday to advance in the tournament, pitching 6 1/3 innings of seven-hit, three-run ball with a career-high seven strikeouts.
Gawryluk, of Suffolk, Va., followed that by retiring the first 10 Winthrop batters she faced and 15-of-17 overall in a no-decision to end the season on Saturday.
Longwood ended the season 19-33 overall after earning the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.