Dubovec was tabbed as the Akadema/NEC Co-Pitcher of the Week while Badolato was named the Akadema/NEC Rookie of the Week after the Colonials' Spring Break trip to Florida.

Dubovec becomes just the second student-athlete in program history to have won a player of the week and pitcher of the week honor from the NEC in her career as she joins her assistant coach, Lauren Dickinson '02, who won eight weekly awards during her time at RMU.

With junior outfielder Jaci Timko (Houston, Pa. / Chartiers Houston) and freshman infielder Chelsea Siar (Glenshaw, Pa. / Shaler Area) receiving awards in the NEC's first release, Robert Morris has now had four players earn NEC honors even though the Colonials have only competed in two distinct weeks thus far this season.

Dubovec was extremely stingy in the circle this past week as she posted team-leading totals in ERA (1.09), opponents' batting average against (.186) and hits per seven innings (4.71) while throwing in four games for RMU. The highlight of her week was when she came on in relief against the No. 1/2 Florida Gators and tossed three innings while allowing just one hit and zero earned runs. It marked the first time since the 2010 Women's College World Series that a pitcher tossed at least three innings against Florida and did not concede a single earned run. At that point in time, it was also the first occurrence in the Gators' last 57 regular-season games in which an opposing pitcher achieved such a feat against Florida.

In her two appearances prior to facing the Gators, Dubovec had earned the starting nod and combined to pitch 13 innings while allowing just eight hits and one run. She threw her fifth-career shutout as RMU knocked off South Dakota, 3-0, March 9.

Badolato becomes the seventh active Colonial to have claimed a weekly NEC award and is the second RMU player in three weeks to be recognized with rookie honors. In her first start of the week, Badolato recorded her first-collegiate win by tossing a complete game against Holy Cross March 7. She carried a no-hit bid into the fifth, faced the minimum through five innings and finished the game allowing a lone run on four hits and no walks. She followed up that effort by tossing her first-collegiate shutout about 48 hours later when she held LaSalle to a mere three hits and zero walks. Badolato claimed a win in her third-consecutive appearance March 11 when she held St. Joseph's to two earned runs in seven innings.

Badolato displayed some impressive peripheral statistics during the week. At one point, she pitched to 90 consecutive hitters, over portions of five games, without issuing a single walk or hitting a batter. She also had a streak of facing 116 consecutive batters without allowing an extra-base hit and allowed just one total during the week despite throwing a team-leading 34 2/3 innings.

Robert Morris will return to the field this weekend when it takes part in its final regular-season tournament, the Radford Invitational. RMU will play five games from March 18-20 and will begin the weekend with a meeting against cross-town rival Pittsburgh Friday at 1:00 p.m.