College softball: Burkhamer shining for Potomac State

James Wood graduate and freshman Jenna Burkhamer has helped the Potomac State softball team to a dominant season. The Catamounts are 38-2 and are riding a 32-game winning streak heading into the Region XX Tournament, which starts Thursday and runs through Saturday at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md.

A left fielder and pitcher, Burkhamer is batting .465 (20 for 43) with three home runs, 18 RBIs, five doubles, a .520 on-base percentage, and an .837 slugging percentage. In five appearances in the circle, she is 1-0 with an ERA of 1.27, 11 strikeouts and seven walks in 11 innings.

The winner of the Region XX Tournament automatically advances into the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series, which will be held May 23-27 in Oxford, Ala.