OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton softball senior outfielder Ashley Cantu collected a BIG EAST-best 12 hits to open the season and earned the first BIG EAST Softball Player of the Week honor for 2020.
The Frisco, Texas native went 12-for-20 (.600 batting average) and scored five runs to help the Bluejays start the season with a 3-2 showing at the H-E-B Classic in San Antonio, Texas.
Cantu started the weekend by going 1-for-7 during a pair of games on Friday before closing the trip with 11 hits in 13 at-bats and five runs scored over the course of Creighton's final three games.