Softball Player of the Week (4/5-11):
---Bridget Ours, Davis & Elkins, Soph., 1B/P, Moorefield, WV: Ours compiled 11 hits in 18 at-bats last week for the Senators...The sophomore cracked a pair of grand slams and knocked in 11 runs as D&E split eight games...She also drew a pair of walks and doubled to end the week with an on-base percentage of .650.
Other nominees: Fairmont State's Brittany Tallhamer (.632 BA, 2 HR), West Liberty's Chelsea Sheets (9-for-21, 10 RBI), Seton Hill's Kayla Badini (14-26, 9 R), WV Wesleyan's Kashilia Young (9-24, 5 R).
2010 Winners: 2/22-Katelyn Porter (Glenville State), 3/1-Brooke Kean (Fairmont State), 3/8-Dana Goguen (WV Wesleyan), 3/15-Brittany Handley (Glenville State), 3/22-Kayla Gray (Fairmont State), 3/29-Kayla Sturms (WV State), 4/5-Shelby Carlson (WV Wesleyan), 4/12-Bridget Ours (Davis & Elkins).
Softball Pitchers of the Week (4/5-11):
---Stefanie Rossman, Charleston, Jr., Concord, OH/Tricia Bettura, Soph., Canfield, OH: Rossman was a perfect 6-0 last week as Charleston moved into first place in the WVIAC standings by sweeping archrival West Virginia State, Salem International, and Alderson-Broaddus...The junior limited batters to a .178 batting average and compiled a 1.40 earned run average...Rossman also added 37 strikeouts in 40.0 innings pitched to run her NCAA Division II-leading total to 281 on the season...Bettura notched a one-hitter against WV Wesleyan and a two-hitter versus Concord last week on her way to a 3-1 record and an 0.78 earned run average...She fanned 34 hitters in 27 innings and was part of a combined no-hitter in a rout of Bluefield State...
Other nominees: Fairmont State's Katie Burgess (2-0, 0.89 ERA), Seton Hill's Louanne Wiegand (28 IP, 23 K, 4-0), Glenville State's Mandy Parkulo (2-1, wins against WV Wesleyan and Fairmont State), WV Wesleyan's Kaitlyn Carey (4-0, 31 IP, 24 K, ran win streak to 12).
2010 Winners: 2/22-Tamara Smith (Concord), 3/1-Tricia Bettura (Shepherd), 3/8-Patricia Moreno (WV Wesleyan), 3/15-Stefanie Rossman (Charleston), 3/22-Kaitlyn Carey (WV Wesleyan), 3/29-Stefanie Rossman (Charleston)/Tricia Bettura (Shepherd), 4/5-Chelsea Cobb (Fairmont State), 4/12-Stefanie Rossman (Charleston)/Tricia Bettura (Shepherd).