ST. LOUIS – Nicole Newman (Madison, Wis.) of the Drake University softball team is the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the seventh-straight week, the MVC office announced Monday, April 29.
Last week in four appearances with three starts, Newman went 3-0 with a 0.72 earned run average with 35 strikeouts and just two walks. In her first two starts, she threw back-to-back no-hitters with the first in a 1-0 game win at UNI where she struck out 13 and allowed one walk in the fourth inning. In her next start, Newman followed that with a five-inning no-hitter in a 9-0 win at Missouri State where she struck out 11 and hit one batter in the fifth inning.