By Angela Watts
Managing Content Editor, DigitalSports.com
** DigitalSports videographer Phil Murphy sits down for a
one-on-one conversation with the Velocity Featured Athlete of the Week, found in a video
player just below the story.
Herndon senior pitcher Katie Briggs earned Velocity’s Featured Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Hornets to a 1-0 victory over visiting Robinson in eight innings on Thursday.
Not only did Briggs throw an excellent game — striking out 13 Rams’ batters in the game, including striking out the side in the second inning and fanning two batters in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth innings — she was provided the game-winning hit.
Locked in a scoreless tie in the bottom half of the eighth inning, Briggs took an outside pitch to deep right field to score senior second baseman
Chelsea Roseberry for a 1-0, walk-off
victory. Roseberry had reached on a single in the game’s first
additional inning and moved to second when senior center fielder Marra Hvozdovic drew a walk.
With the victory Herndon improved to 10-3 overall on the season with six regular-season games remaining.