SDSU’s Morse, NDSU’s Sertic Earn #SummitSB Weekly Honors

2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State catcher Brittney Morse was named Summit League Player of the Week while North Dakota State pitcher Jacquelyn Sertic earned the league's Pitcher of the Week award for their performances during the week of Feb. 9-12. The awards mark the initial weekly honors for this season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BRITTNEY MORSE, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // C/UT // Houston, Texas

Named Summit League Player of the Week for the first time in her career
Hit two home runs in win over Toledo
Drove in six runs with four homers in the five games while scoring five times
Recorded .400 (6-for-15) average over the weekend with a .471 on-base percentage and 1.200 slugging percentage
Currently leads the league in home runs (4) and RBI (6)

Also nominated: Amber Davis, Fort Wayne; Alyssa Matson, IUPUI; Zoe Stavrou, North Dakota State; Nina Maggio, Western Illinois

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
JACQUELYN SERTIC, NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // RHP // Sparks, Nev.

Earned her first Summit League Pitcher of the Week award and seventh in her career
Pitched her third career no-hitter in 1-0 win over Ole Miss
Had 11 strikeouts in win over Rebels, seventh game with double figure strikeouts
Gave up 15 base-hits in 26.1 innings and tallied 32 strikeouts over the weekend
Currently leads the league in ERA (1.59) and strikeouts (32)

Also nominated: Erica Tharp, IUPUI; Ally Wiegand, South Dakota

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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