Steinbach at WKU Holiday Inn Spring Fling
vs. Southeast Missouri - 7.0IP 4H 3R 0ER 1BB 4SO
vs. Western Carolina - 5.1IP 5H 4R 3ER 2BB 6SO
vs. Valparaiso - 4.0IP 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 4SO
Ball State softball senior pitcher Nicole Steinbach was named Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week.
Over the weekend at the Western Kentucky University Holiday Inn Spring Fling at Bowling Green, Ky., Steinbach went the full seven innings and allowed no earned runs in her win against Southeast Missouri.
Against Western Carolina, she went five and a third innings, allowing three earned runs in the win.
Steinbach finished her weekend with a four-inning relief appearance against Valparaiso, allowing zero earned runs on her way to her third win of the weekend.
Steinbach posted a 1.29 earned run average and 14 strikeouts in those games and collected three more wins, adding to her team-high total of six, bringing her record to 6-2.
She leads the team in ERA (3.18), wins (6), innings pitched (50.2) and strikeouts (31).
The softball team is back at it again this weekend in Fort Myers, Fla., at the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament on March 4. Ball State will face off against Stony Brook, Florida Gulf Coast and 21st-ranked Notre Dame.
Steinbach at WKU Holiday Inn Spring Fling vs. Southeast Missouri - 7.0IP 4H 3R 0ER 1BB 4SO vs. Western Carolina - 5.1IP 5H 4R 3ER 2BB 6SO vs. Valparaiso - 4.0IP 2H 0R 0ER 2BB 4SO