TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Zoryana Hughes threw a no-hitter. Jordan Douglas hit three home runs. Together, they carried Florida A&M softball to a three-game sweep of Alabama A&M this weekend at Tallahassee, Fla., and the Southwestern Athletic Conference took notice.

The SWAC named Hughes its Pitcher of the Week and Douglas its Hitter of the Week Monday following a dominant series in which the Rattlers outscored the Bulldogs 23-7 across three games.

HUGHES: PERFECT THROUGH SEVEN
Hughes set the tone for the entire series Thursday night, retiring all 22 Alabama A&M batters she faced in a complete-game no-hitter — a 6-0 shutout that was never in doubt. She struck out eight, hit one batter, and needed just 104 pitches to navigate seven spotless innings, improving her record to 9-3 on the season.

It was the kind of outing that defines a season. The Bulldogs had no answer for Hughes from the first pitch, managing not a single hit or run while she worked efficiently through the order multiple times. FAMU's defense was never truly tested.

Hughes returned in the series finale Saturday, coming on in relief to close out a hard-fought 8-6 FAMU victory. She retired all seven batters she faced over 2.1 innings, earning her second save of the season and securing the sweep. Across the weekend, Hughes totaled 9.1 innings pitched, nine strikeouts, zero earned runs allowed, and zero hits allowed in her starting appearance.

DOUGLAS: THREE HOME RUNS, SEVEN RBI
If Hughes was the story Thursday, Douglas was the story all weekend. The Rattler designated player opened the series with one of the most explosive individual performances of the FAMU season, launching a grand slam to center field in the first inning of Game 1 to give the Rattlers a 5-0 lead they never relinquished. She added a solo home run in the fifth inning, finishing the no-hitter opener with two home runs and five RBI.

Douglas picked up where she left off Saturday afternoon, crushing another home run — this one a two-run shot to left field in the fifth inning — to push the Rattlers ahead 8-1 in a 9-1 blowout victory in the series' second game. She drove in two more runs to bring her series total to seven.

Over the course of the three-game series, Douglas went 3-for-6 with three home runs, seven RBI, and three runs scored. Her grand slam in Thursday's opener was the second of her season. The production earned her SWAC Hitter of the Week recognition — a distinction that reflects not just the volume of her output, but the timing and weight of it