ST. LOUIS – The Drake University softball team claimed two Missouri Valley Conference Softball weekly awards, the MVC office announced on Monday, May 9. Junior Megan Sowa (Gurnee, Ill.) was named the MVC Player of the Week for the second time this season while freshman Taryn Pena (Columbia, Ill.) earned her first career MVC Newcomer of the Week award.
Sowa blistered the softball in Drake's final three regular season wins over Bradley this past weekend. At the plate, she batted .600 (6-of-10) with one home run, three doubles, five runs batted in and seven runs scored along with tallying a .