ST. LOUIS – Redshirt senior Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) of the Drake University softball team is the first Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week of the 2019 season, the MVC office announced Monday, Feb. 11.
Newman was outstanding in the circle on opening weekend helping Drake go 4-1. Newman, the 2018 MVC Pitcher of the Year, went 2-0 with a 0.63 earned run average and one save with 28 strikeouts to just three walks in 14.1 innings of work.
In the season opening win over Toledo, she took a perfect game into the fifth inning before walking a Rocket.