Junior Alexa Ortiz has been named the Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Week after helping the Hornets to a series win at Weber State. Photo courtesy of Sacramento State Athletics

SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) – Junior Alexa Ortiz has been named the Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Week after helping the Hornets to a series win at Weber State.

Sacramento State (24-14, 3-3) took two of three in Ogden against the Wildcats, and Ortiz was the winning pitcher in both those victories. The right-hander has been named conference pitcher of the week four times this season (Feb. 9, Feb. 23, March 2) - the most by a Hornet since Marissa Bertuccio won the award five times in 2023.

Ortiz finished the series 2-0 with a 1.27 ERA, which included an eight-inning complete game in the team's 5-2 victory in the rubber game of the series. 

In 11.0 innings, the Chandler, Ariz., native allowed 11 hits and just two runs with six strikeouts. Opponents hit .268, and she yielded one extra base hit. 

In the eight-inning complete-game victory, Ortiz allowed eight hits and a pair of runs while throwing 119 pitches. She went three innings to earn the win in the Hornets' five-inning mercy rule victory on Friday, allowing just three hits and no runs with three strikeouts.

Ortiz (9-6, 2.58 ERA) leads the Big Sky in opponent batting average (.218) and strikeouts (82), while ranking second in ERA and wins.