SAN MATEO, Calif. — University of San Francisco senior right-hander Landen Bourassa was named the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Week Monday after striking out 16 and throwing a complete-game shutout against Portland on Friday.
 
Bourassa's 16 strikeouts in a single game tied a 75-year-old single-game USF record, when former Don and San Francisco Seal Con Dempsey Jr. struck out 16 against Saint Mary's in 1946. Bourassa had six strikeouts through the first two innings, struck out the side in the seventh, and had at least one strikeout in every inning. He threw only 108 pitches despite the record-tying 16 strikeouts - the sixth-most in the NCAA this season by a pitcher in a single game.
 
The complete-game shutout was the first thrown by a Don in six years, and marked the longest outing of Bourassa's career. Friday's dazzling performance was just another in a string of strong starts that Bourassa has posted in the month of April. Over his last four starts dating to April 1 versus Loyola Marymount, he's carried a 0.58 ERA with only two earned runs allowed in 31 innings pitched, held opponents to a .156 batting average, and posted a better-than 7-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio with 29 Ks against only four walks. He has gone a minimum of seven innings in all four of those starts, earning the winning decision in all four of them.
 
Bourassa's Pitcher of the Week nod is the Dons' third WCC weekly award this season, following Alex Pham's Pitcher of the Week award (Feb. 23) and Jacob Munoz's Player of the Week accolade (April 5). Gonzaga's Grayson Sterling was named this week's WCC Player of the Week alongside Bourassa.
 
San Francisco next travels to Pacific for a three-game WCC series starting Friday. Fans can find live coverage links on USFDons.com.