Omaha Sweeps Weekly Softball Honors
Omaha Sweeps Weekly Softball Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Omaha's Campbell Ditto and Dana Elsasser were named The Summit League's Softball Player and Pitcher of the Week April 8-14.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Campbell Ditto, Omaha
Fr. // C // Wamego, Kan.
Ditto garners her first career Player of the Week award after leading Omaha to a series sweep over IUPUI with two multi-hit and multi-RBI games. She opened the series with a double and a run scored in game one of Saturday's doubleheader and then went a perfect 2-for-2 from the plate with a homer, two RBI, a walk and a run scored in game two. In Sunday's 3-0 series finale win, the freshman catcher went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, three RBI and one run scored. For the week, Ditto hit .625 (5-for-8) with a 1.625 slugging percentage and a .667 on-base percentage. She also added four extra-base hits (two home runs, two doubles) five RBI, three runs scored and a walk.
Also nominated: Alex Bousquet, Fort Wayne; Eryn Dillon, IUPUI; Emily Ott, Kansas City; Elyse Eitel, South Dakota State; Sammy Marshall, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 11 – Jessica Lam, IUPUI; Feb. 18 – Erika Polidori, OU; Feb. 25 – Liz Broyles, UMKC; March 4 – Brittany Kachur, IPFW & Maritza Lopez-Portillo, NDSU; March 11 – Monica Rondon, WIU; March 18 – Eryn Dillon, IUPUI; March 25 – Alyssa Reina, NDSU; April 1 – Dani Pugh, IPFW; April 8 – Jenina Ortega, NDSU & Allie Daly USD.
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Dana Elsasser, Omaha
Jr. // RHP // Hershey, Neb.
Elsasser collects Pitcher of the Week honors for the fourth time this season and of her career after throwing a pair of complete-game shutouts over IUPUI. In Saturday's 4-0 win, she struck out six and allowed three hits. The junior then fanned 10 batters and yielded four hits in Sunday's 3-0 victory. On the week, Elsasser went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, striking out 16, while allowing seven hits, two walks and no runs in 14 innings of work. The right-handed hurler leads the league in ERA (1.39), wins (18) and saves (3) and has tallied 10 shutouts this season.
Also nominate: Miranda Kramer, Fort Wayne; Deanna Friese, Kansas City; Jennifer Sutton, South Dakota State; Kelsey Michelini, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: Feb. 11 – Dana Elsasser, UNO; Feb. 18 – Whitney Johnson, NDSU; Feb. 25 – Dana Elsasser, UNO; March 4 – Miranda Kramer, IPFW & Whitney Johnson, NDSU; March 11 – Dana Elsasser, UNO; March 18 – Madison Frain, USD; March 25 – Whitney Johnson, NDSU; April 1 – Whitney Johnson, NDSU & Ashton Hughes, UNO; April 8 – Megan Flenniken, IPFW & Deanna Friese, UMKC.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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