Indiana Sweeps Weekly Big Ten Awards
3/26/2018 4:00:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the first time since 1995, Indiana Softball swept the Big Ten Weekly Awards as freshman Maddie Westmoreland earned Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week and junior Tara Trainer earned Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.
The Big Ten Freshman of the Week award was added in 2011 so it marks the first time in program history IU has won three weekly awards.
The awards come on the heels of Indiana's three-game sweep of No. 18 Ohio State to begin conference action.
Westmoreland batted .429 with a 1.429 slugging percentage in the series, recording seven RBI with two home runs, three hits and two runs scored. She knocked a two-run homer and had a sacrifice fly while going 2-for-2 at the plate in Indiana's 6-0 win Friday. In the second game of the doubleheader, she hit a three-run homer and laid down an RBI sacrifice bunt to help IU defeat the Buckeyes, 9-3.
For the season, Westmoreland is hitting .342 with a team-leading 23 RBI and five home runs.
Trainer became the first Hoosier to win Big Ten Pitcher of the Week since Morgan Melloh in 2011 after earning two complete game victories against the Buckeyes. For the weekend, she collected a 0.50 ERA and struck out 21 total batters while allowing just two extra base hits. In game one, she two-hit Ohio State on her way to the shutout win, striking out 12. In Sunday's series finale, she surrendered just four hits and one earned run as IU clinched the sweep with a 4-1 win. Trainer, who won Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades three times in 2016, is third in the conference with 107 strikeouts on the season.
The Big Ten Freshman of the Week award was added in 2011 so it marks the first time in program history IU has won three weekly awards.
The awards come on the heels of Indiana's three-game sweep of No. 18 Ohio State to begin conference action.
Westmoreland batted .429 with a 1.429 slugging percentage in the series, recording seven RBI with two home runs, three hits and two runs scored. She knocked a two-run homer and had a sacrifice fly while going 2-for-2 at the plate in Indiana's 6-0 win Friday. In the second game of the doubleheader, she hit a three-run homer and laid down an RBI sacrifice bunt to help IU defeat the Buckeyes, 9-3.
For the season, Westmoreland is hitting .342 with a team-leading 23 RBI and five home runs.
Trainer became the first Hoosier to win Big Ten Pitcher of the Week since Morgan Melloh in 2011 after earning two complete game victories against the Buckeyes. For the weekend, she collected a 0.50 ERA and struck out 21 total batters while allowing just two extra base hits. In game one, she two-hit Ohio State on her way to the shutout win, striking out 12. In Sunday's series finale, she surrendered just four hits and one earned run as IU clinched the sweep with a 4-1 win. Trainer, who won Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades three times in 2016, is third in the conference with 107 strikeouts on the season.
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