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Softball Sweeps MAC Weekly Awards
February 21, 2023 | Softball
CLEVELAND - - For their play at last weekend's Blazer Bash, Ball State senior infielder Haley Wynn and sophomore pitcher Angelina Russo have been named the Mid-American Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.
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Wynn, who earns MAC Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career, led the Ball State offense with a .529 batting average in the team's opening weekend, tallying nine hits over 17 at bats.Â
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In Friday's season-opening win at Samford, Wynn fell a double shy of the cycle, including blasting a solo home run for Ball State's first hit of the season and adding a triple in the seventh. Wynn finished the opening game 3-for-4, with an RBI and three runs scored, including scoring what proved to be the game-winning run.Â
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She followed with another 3-for-4 effort in the nightcap versus the Bulldogs, adding an RBI and a run scored. After collecting a hit in the opener versus UAB, she closed the weekend with a 2-for-3 effort against Lindenwood, including an RBI single to open the scoring in Ball State's six-run fourth inning.
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Russo, who earns her second career MAC Pitcher of the Week honor and shares the honor with Akron's Haley Croyle, started 2023 with a bang, throwing just the 18th no-hitter for the Cardinals dating back to the 1980 season in Sunday's 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood. In addition to holding the Lions hitless over her 5.0 innings of work, Russo surrendered just one walk while striking out three batters.Â
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It was an exclamation point on a strong weekend which saw her allow just one earned run over 13.1 innings for a league-leading 0.53 ERA. Russo started her season with a 4.0 inning win at Samford, allowing just four hits and striking out two batters. She followed with a stellar relief appearance in the nightcap at UAB, entering with bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the second and getting a fly-out to end the inning. She went on to throw 4.1 innings versus the Blazers, allowing just three hits and one earned run.
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Ball State softball team returns to action Friday, when they opens play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State with games versus Bellarmine (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) and the host Racers (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT).
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Wynn, who earns MAC Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career, led the Ball State offense with a .529 batting average in the team's opening weekend, tallying nine hits over 17 at bats.Â
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In Friday's season-opening win at Samford, Wynn fell a double shy of the cycle, including blasting a solo home run for Ball State's first hit of the season and adding a triple in the seventh. Wynn finished the opening game 3-for-4, with an RBI and three runs scored, including scoring what proved to be the game-winning run.Â
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She followed with another 3-for-4 effort in the nightcap versus the Bulldogs, adding an RBI and a run scored. After collecting a hit in the opener versus UAB, she closed the weekend with a 2-for-3 effort against Lindenwood, including an RBI single to open the scoring in Ball State's six-run fourth inning.
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Russo, who earns her second career MAC Pitcher of the Week honor and shares the honor with Akron's Haley Croyle, started 2023 with a bang, throwing just the 18th no-hitter for the Cardinals dating back to the 1980 season in Sunday's 10-1 (5) victory over Lindenwood. In addition to holding the Lions hitless over her 5.0 innings of work, Russo surrendered just one walk while striking out three batters.Â
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It was an exclamation point on a strong weekend which saw her allow just one earned run over 13.1 innings for a league-leading 0.53 ERA. Russo started her season with a 4.0 inning win at Samford, allowing just four hits and striking out two batters. She followed with a stellar relief appearance in the nightcap at UAB, entering with bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the second and getting a fly-out to end the inning. She went on to throw 4.1 innings versus the Blazers, allowing just three hits and one earned run.
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Ball State softball team returns to action Friday, when they opens play in the Velvet Milkman Invitational hosted by Murray State with games versus Bellarmine (11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT) and the host Racers (3:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. CT).
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