IPFW's Staschuk and Cronin and SDSU's Winter Earn Softball Co-Player and Pitcher of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - IPFW's Rachel Staschuk and South Dakota State's
Tina Winter and IPFW's Courtney Cronin were named Summit League
Softball Co-Players and Pitcher of the Week for their performances
during the week of March 14-20.
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rachel Staschuk, IPFW
Sr., 1B (Delta, British Comlumbia/Sands Secondary)
Staschuk earns her first career Player of the Week award
after leading the IPFW offense to a sweep over UMKC. The senior
first basemen recorded at least one hit in all three games on the
weekend including two multiple-hit games. She opened the weekend
2-for-3 with two extra base hits (2B and HR), two runs scored and a
RBI. She ended the series in similar fashion going a perfect
2-for-2 with a homer, two RBI and one run scored. For the weekend,
Staschuk batted a .625, recorded a .700 on-base percentage and a
1.500 slugging percentage with five hits in eight at-bats, one
double, two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored.
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tina Winter, South Dakota State
So., 3B (Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic)
Winter captures her first career Player of the Week honor
after pacing the South Dakota State offense as it swept Centenary
in a three-game series. The third basemen posted back-to-back
multiple-hit games opening the weekend going a perfect 3-for-3 with
two doubles and two runs scored. She then came back in game two of
the doubleheader to hit 4-for-5 with a double, a home run, two runs
scored and one RBI. For the weekend, she batted .700, recorded a
.750 on-base percentage and 1.300 slugging percentage with seven
hits in 10 at-bats, including three doubles, a homer, five runs
scored and one RBI.
Also nominated: Brandi Lawson, IUPUI; Kaelene Curry, UMKC;
Nicole Rivera, North Dakota State; Leah DiCristofaro, Oakland;
Jenavieve Purcell, Southern Utah; Beth Golitko, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: March 14 - Hannah Croucher, IUPUI; March 7
- Krista Honken, South Dakota State; Feb. 28 - Kelsey Krych,
Oakland; Feb. - 21 Emily Ott, UMKC; Feb. 14 - Megan Ussary,
UMKC.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Courtney Cronin, IPFW
Jr., RHP (North Delta, British Columbia/North Delta Senior
Secondary)
Cronin garners her third Pitcher of the Week honor of the
season and the sixth of her career after posting a 2-0 record on
the weekend, pitching two complete games and shutting out UMKC,
2-0. She opened the weekend with her fifth shutout of the season,
giving up two hits and no walks while fanning eight batters. She
also helped herself offensively, going a perfect 3-for-3 from the
plate. To wrap up the weekend and give the Mastodons a sweep over
UMKC, she threw her second complete game in two days allowing five
hits and three walks, striking out seven batters, in a 7-2 win over
the Kangaroos. For the weekend, the right-handed hurler struck out
15 batters and gave up seven hits and two earned runs in 14 innings
of work for a 1.00 ERA, holding UMKC to a .156 batting average for
the series.
Also nominated: Nikki Thomas, IUPUI; Katie Franks, UMKC; Pam
Nicholson, South Dakota State; Heather Black, Southern
Utah.
Previous Winners: March 14 - Nikki Thomas, IUPUI; March 7 -
Courtney Cronin, IPFW; Feb. 28 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW; Feb. 21 -
Ashley Campbell, Western Illinois; Feb. 14 - Deanna Friese,
UMKC.
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