Elsasser Earns Third Summit League Honor
Mar 11, 2013 | General, Softball
OMAHA, Neb. - UNO pitcher Dana Elsasser was named Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season, the conference office announced on Monday.
Elsasser pitched three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts on the weekend to lead the Mavericks to a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic. Elsasser was named the tournament MVP following the weekend.
Elsasser threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks in 68 at-bats against while striking out 23. The right-handed hurler fanned a career-high nine batters in a two-hitter against Indiana. In an 11-0 run-rule vs. Tennessee State the Hershey, Neb., native struck out eight in five innings of work. In her final start of the weekend against Mississippi Valley, she threw her second two-hitter of the tournament, striking out six more in a 2-0 win. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and is now 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA for the 22-2 Mavericks.
Elsasser has garnered three awards in five weeks this season, and she now has seven career weekly conference pitching awards.
Western Illinois' Monica Rondon won Summit League Player of the Week honors.
Elsasser pitched three complete-game shutouts in all three of her starts on the weekend to lead the Mavericks to a perfect 5-0 record at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic. Elsasser was named the tournament MVP following the weekend.
Elsasser threw 19.0 innings of shutout softball and allowed just seven hits and three walks in 68 at-bats against while striking out 23. The right-handed hurler fanned a career-high nine batters in a two-hitter against Indiana. In an 11-0 run-rule vs. Tennessee State the Hershey, Neb., native struck out eight in five innings of work. In her final start of the weekend against Mississippi Valley, she threw her second two-hitter of the tournament, striking out six more in a 2-0 win. She held her opponents to a .103 batting average and is now 13-2 on the season with a 1.52 ERA for the 22-2 Mavericks.
Elsasser has garnered three awards in five weeks this season, and she now has seven career weekly conference pitching awards.
Western Illinois' Monica Rondon won Summit League Player of the Week honors.
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