ST. LOUIS – Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) of the Drake University softball team is the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the sixth-straight week, the MVC office announced Monday, April 22.
Last week, Drake went 4-0 with one victory over Iowa and a three-game sweep of Illinois State, as Newman continued her impressive pitching. She went 3-0 with one save and didn't allow one run and scattered four hits and four walks with 37 strikeouts.
In Saturday's win over the Redbirds, Newman became the MVC's new all-time career strikeouts leader with her seventh strikeout that put her at 1,087 in her outstanding career.