Moon Township, Pa. – Senior pitcher Dana
Vatakis of the RMU softball team was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week Tuesday.
In helping the Colonials open conference play 5-0 for the first time since 2017,
Vatakis appeared in a pair of games last week, allowing just five hits and no earned runs in eight innings while striking out 10.
In the opener of doubleheader sweep @ UIC (3/25),
Vatakis got the start and went the distance, notching her third complete game of the season. She struck out seven Flames and scattered just three hits while not issuing a free pass in an 8-1 victory.
Vatakis also pitched a scoreless inning of relief in game two of a doubleheader against Akron (3/22) at the North Athletic Complex, striking out the side.
Vatakis is the third student-athlete for the Colonials to earn a weekly honor from the Horizon League during the 2022 campaign. Sophomore shortstop
Charlotte Grover was tabbed
#HLSB Player of the Week (2/22), while fifth-year Taylor
Rhinehart was also named
#HLSB Player of the Week (3/22).
Overall this season,
Vatakis owns a 4-3 (.571) record from the circle in 10 appearances, including a team-high eight starts. She has struck out 41 in 46.1 innings to go along with a 3.47 earned run average (ERA) and among her three complete games is one shutout. She also picked up her first NCAA Division I save earlier this season.by
locking down a 3-1 win in the first game of a doubleheader @ Seattle (3/9).
During her career at RMU,
Vatakis has amassed 28 victories from the circle to go along with a 3.46 ERA. In 366.1 career innings she has struck out 229 and owns 32 complete games in 57 career starts.
RMU is slated to open a six-game
homestand at the North Athletic Complex Wednesday, March 30, with a 3:00 p.m. first pitch against Pitt. The Colonials will also host Cleveland State for a three-game series this weekend before concluding the
homestand with a makeup doubleheader against Green Bay Monday, April 4.
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