Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State Earn Weekly Softball Accolades

Penn State's Cassidy Bell was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.

Penn State's Cassidy Bell was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.

Feb. 18, 2013

Player of the Week
Cassidy Bell, Penn State
Sr., OF, Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty
• Hit .600 from the plate, reached base at a .647 clip and slugged 1.333 to combine for a 1.980 OPS in Penn State’s opening games of the season
• Drove in nine runs on the strength of three home runs, scored five times and was 4-for-4 on the base paths, including two steals in PSU’s first game against New Mexico State
• Had a hit in every game, with three multi-hit and multi-RBI contests – including a four-RBI contest in the Nittany Lions’ second game against New Mexico State
• Wins her second career Big Ten Player of the Week honor and first this season
• Last Penn State Big Ten Player of the Week: Kasie Hatfield (April 16, 2012)

Pitcher of the Week
Alex DiDomenico, Ohio State
So., RHP, Youngstown, Ohio/Boardman
• Posted a spotless earned run average last weekend, pitching 15 innings in three appearances at the Jacksonville Tournament, where she held opponents to a .130 average
• Closed the weekend with an eight-inning effort against nationally ranked Louisville, scattering just four hits while striking out three in the win
• Won the opening game of the weekend against Bethune-Cookman on Friday, striking out four, before coming on to pitch three innings of scoreless relief against Bethune-Cookman on Saturday.
• Wins her first career Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honor
• Last Ohio State Pitcher of the Week: Melanie Nichols (April 2, 2012)

Freshman of the Week
Emily Lockman, Nebraska
RHP, Corona, Calif./Norco
• Pitched 17 innings over three games for the Huskers, surrendering just one earned run while picking up two wins
• Threw the first no-hitter by a Nebraska freshman since 2003 against Utah State, striking out six and walking two in six innings of work to earn her second win of the weekend
• Pitched seven innings of four-hit ball against Southern Utah in the first game of the weekend, before allowing one earned run in four innings against Purdue in the weekend finale
• Wins her first career weekly honor
• Last Nebraska Big Ten Freshman of the Week: N/A