Coil named HCAC Hitter of the Week

Defiance freshman Destiny Coil has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Hitting Athlete of the Week as announced by the conference on Monday afternoon. Coil is the third Yellow Jacket to earn Hitter of the Week honors this season joining sophomore Brooke Silcox and senior Kalin Hubble.

Coil went 7-of-12, with one double, one home run, and six RBIs over the four games and helped lead Defiance to a 3-1 record  She finished the week with a .917 slugging percentage. In Defiance's 20-5 win over Bluffton Coil went 3-3 with a double, a home run, four RBIs, and three runs scored.

Coil is hitting .375 this season and is second on the team in home runs with five and RBIs with 30.

The Defiance softball team has earned the third seed in the HCAC Tournament and will face the number two seed, Mount St. Joseph on Thursday, May 5 at 3:00 P.M in Lexington, Ky.