SUU's Loewen, WIU's Marshall and NDSU's Menke Capture Weekly Softball Honors
SUU's Loewen, WIU's Marshall and NDSU's Menke Capture Weekly Softball Honors
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ELMHURST, Ill. - Southern Utah's Tessa Loewen and Western Illinois' Sammy Marshall were named The Summit League's Softball Players of the Week, while North Dakota State's Krista Menke was named Pitchers of the Week for their performances March 12-18.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Tessa Loewen, Southern Utah
Fr., 2B
Abbotsford, British Columbia/Yale Secondary
Loewen earns her first career Player of the Week award after helping Southern Utah win its league series (2-1) against South Dakota. The second baseman recorded at least one hit in all three games and posted two multi-hit games. She opened the weekend going 2-for-3 from the plate with a double, a triple and one run scored in game, while in game two she was a perfect 1-for-1 with a double, three runs and a stolen base. Despite SUU's loss in the final game of the series, she was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run. For the weekend, Loewen hit .714 (5-for-7) with a 1.286 slugging percentage, .818 on-base percentage, two doubles, a triple, five runs, one RBI and a stolen base.
Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois
Fr., IF
Naperville, Ill./Naperville North
Marshall captures her second career Player of the Week award after helping the Fighting Leathernecks go undefeated (6-0) last week, highlighted by a 5-4 win over SEC opponent Kentucky. The infielder recorded at least one hit in every game, including three multi-hit games to go along with three multi-steal games. In game one of WIU's double-header sweep against Evansville, she went 2-for-3 with a run and a stolen base. Later in the week, the Naperville, Ill., native when 2-for-4 with a run in game two of a twin bill against SDSU. She ended the week with her best performance, a perfect 4-for-4 with five stolen bases, three runs and two RBI. For the Week, Marshall posted a .500 batting average (11-for-22) with 10 stolen bases, nine runs and two RBI. On the season, she is a perfect 33-for-33 in stolen bases, second in WIU single season history and tied for sixth in league history.
Also nominated: Ashleigh Bousquet, IPFW; Megan Ussary, UMKC; Amanda Grable, North Dakota State; Erin Galloway, Oakland; Allie Daly, South Dakota.
Previous winners: Feb. 13 - Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois; Feb. 20 - Amanda Grable, North Dakota State; Feb. 27 - Mikkel Griffin, Southern Utah; March 4 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW; March 12 - Mikkel Griffin, Southern Utah.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Krista Menke, North Dakota State
Fr., RHP
Friend, Neb./Friend
Menke garners her second career Pitcher of the Week award and second-straight in as many weeks after posting a 5-2 record with three shutouts and three two-hitters. She struck out a season-high eight batters in the 3-1 win over UT-Arlington, picking up her first win of the week. She then went on to win the next four consecutive games, including threw three-straight shutouts against UT-Arlington (2-0), IUPUI (6-0) and IUPUI (11-0) and matched her season-high eight strikeouts again in game two against IUPUI. For the week, Menke fanned 45 batters, while yielding 30 hits, 12 walks and seven earned runs in 48.1 innings of work for a 1.01 ERA.
Also nominated: Courtney Cronin, IPFW; Cinda Ramos, UMKC; Abbie Richardson, Oakland; Danielle Axe, Southern Utah; Hailey Bickford, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 13 - Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State; Feb. 20 - Deanna Friese, UMKC; Feb. 27 - Cinda Ramos, UMKC; March 4 - Heather Black, Southern Utah; March 12 - Courtney Cronin, IPFW & Krista Menke, North Dakota State.
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