EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana sophomore pitcher
Brooke Harmening has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player of the Week after leading the Screaming Eagles to a 3-1 record this past weekend.
Harmening was 3-0 with a 0.23 ERA and a .157 opponent batting average in four appearances inside the pitcher's circle. She tossed 30.1 of the 31 total innings that USI played Friday and Saturday.
A graduate of Whiteland High School and a kinesiology major at USI, Harmening allowed just four runs, only one of which was earned, and finished with 16 strikeouts.
Offensively, Harmening drove in nine of USI's 12 runs on the week and hit .571 with two doubles and three home runs. Her presence at the plate was instrumental in the Eagles' doubleheader sweep over Bellarmine University Saturday as she drove in all of the Eagles' runs in their 4-1 win in game one. She also drove in both of USI's runs in its 2-1 win in game two.
Harmening, who had a 1.357 slugging percentage on the weekend, leads USI with a 12-3 record, a 1.01 ERA, and a .165 opponent batting average. She also leads USI with a .388 batting average, eight doubles, six home runs, and 27 RBIs.
USI returns to action Tuesday at 1 p.m. when it visits Kentucky Wesleyan College for a GLVC doubleheader in Owensboro, Kentucky.
The Panthers (8-16, 4-9 GLVC) enter Tuesday's games after splitting doubleheaders with Bellarmine and McKendree University this past weekend.
Live stats and audio for Tuesday's doubleheader can be accessed at gousieagles.com.
