AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken softball standouts India Kornegay and Brielle Jungblut were honored by the Peach Belt Conference office Tuesday afternoon.

Kornegay was tabbed the PBC Pitcher of the Week while Jungblut garnered PBC Freshman of the Week honors presented by AstroTurf.

Kornegay went 4-0 last week in the circle, racking up 58 strikeouts in 25.2 innings of work. The senior had a perfect game against Paine, striking out all 18 batters she faced in the six-inning affair, the fifth-highest single-game strikeout total in PBC history. Seventeen of the batters struck out swinging.  

She reached that mark again the next day with 18 strikeouts against Mount Olive. Kornegay tossed 5.2 innings of one-hit ball against Barton, striking out seven. 

For the week she allowed seven hits and six runs with nine walks while holding batters to a .071 average. She leads the PBC in wins, ERA and strikeouts and her 848 career strikeouts are currently fifth on the PBC lists.

Jungblut began her collegiate career this week by getting five hits in her first eight at-bats. She went 2-for-3 against Paine to start a streak of four straight games with hits. 

For the week the freshman hit .625 with a .667 on-base percentage. Jungblut went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a run scored in a 3-0 win over Barton.

The Pacers return to action Sunday when they host King in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.