For Immediate Release
Monday, March 20, 2023
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
#18 Jasmin Estrada (IF, 5-9, Gr., L/R, Litchfield, Minn. / Litchfield HS) – St. Cloud State
- Helped the Huskies go 4-1 over the weekend
- Went 8-for-16 through five games with 11 RBIs
- Added seven runs, five extra base hits including three home runs and two doubles
- Went 2-3 with five RBIs, a home run and a double in a win over Parkside
- Added three RBIs, hit a three-run home run and a double in a win over BSU
- Set the all-time record at SCSU for career RBI with 162 after blasting a walk-off three-run home run against CSP

NSIC Pitcher of the Week
#15 Reegan Floyd (LHP, 5-8, So., L/R, Susanville, Calif. / Lassen HS) – Minot State
- Pitcher her first collegiate no-hitter in a 8-0, five inning win over Regina on Saturday
- Struck out a career high 13 of the 17 batters she faced
- Added three more strikeouts in a scoreless inning of relief on Sunday
- Finished the week with 6.0 innings pitched, one hit allowed with 16 strikeouts and two walks

Other Top Performances - Players
Gracey Brink  (AUGIE) batted .571 with eight hits including three home runs over four games. She held a 1.214 slugging percentage and recorded six RBI. In Vikings' run-rule win over Northwest Missouri State, Brink went 2-for-3 and accounted for five RBI in the game. She also recorded a pair of home runs in that win. In Augustana's win over Rockhurst, Brink went 3-for-4 with a home run.
Molly Houts (BSU) delivered the big hit to help the Beavers defeat Wisconsin-Parkside when she tripled in the sixth inning to drive in two and tie the game. BSU went on to win the game by a score of 4-3. She tallied three hits and three RBI in the four games this week, drawing a pair of walks and didn’t strikeout. Houts had a multi-hit game in the win over the Rangers.
#17 Avery Johnson (CSP) went 7-of-14 in five games for a .500 batting average. She had an on-base percentage of .533 while slugging 1.429. She hit four home runs and a double with eight RBI in five games. She was 2-3 against Parkside with two home runs and three RBI and went 3-4 with a double and a home run against Bemidji State. 
#2 Brooke De Jonge  (UMary) had an impressive weekend at the plate for the Marauders at THE Spring Games as she slashed .417/.500/.583 for a team-best OPS of 1.083 while also leading UMary in slugging and on-base percentage. She was 10-for-24 with a pair of triples, 6 runs scored and 7 RBIs.
Avalos Alina (UMC) hit .444 in the last five games in Florida for the Golden Eagles, as UMN Crookston went 5-0. Avalos scored two runs, hit three doubles, and had eight RBIs. She went 2-of-3, with a double, and two RBIs in a win over Saint Michael's. She was 2-of-4, with two runs scored, a double, and two RBIs in a victory over D'Youville. Avalos is hitting .455 this season, with a 1.189 OPS.
Jordey Brown-Smith (MSUM) went three-for-three in MSUM's 5-2 win over Holy Names on Wednesday, her fifth multi-hit game so far this season. She h it her third home run of the season in the win and drove in her 10th RBI of the year on the homer. She also scored two runs in the game.
Brooklyn Morrison (MINOT) was an offensive machine for the Beavers, despite only starting two of the four games in Minot State's sweep of visiting Regina as she went 5-for-7 at the plate and drove in 7 runs in the series, playing in three of the four games. She went 2-for-3 in two contests, and in her lone plate appearance off the bench added an RBI single for Minot State.
Savannah Serdynski (WSU) went 6-for-12 with three runs scored over four games.  Was 4-for-4 with two runs scored in a win over Missouri Southern on Sunday.  She slashed .500/.500/.500 for over the four game stretch.   

Other Top Performances - Pitcher
Hailey Houston (AUGIE) went 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA. She was stellar in in the Vikings' 8-0 run rule victory, pitching her first-career shutout and giving up just four hits while striking out seven. In AU's win over Rockhurst, she pitched six innings, giving up just four hits and striking out seven.
#10 Stella Dolan (BSU) went 1-1 over the weekend facing Concordia-St. Paul and Wisconsin-Parkside. The left-hander tossed 6.1 innings to get the win over the Rangers, allowing just three earned runs with three strikeouts. For the week, Dolan threw in 10.1 innings and posted five strikeouts without a walk.
#9 Bryanna Olson (CSP) went 3-1 with a 3.50 ERA in 16 innings pitched. She held opposing batters to a .184 average while striking out 18. She struck out six against Parkside in four innings, holding them to one hit and no runs. She picked up a complete game win against St. Cloud, limiting them to two runs. 
Nicole Eckhardt (UMary) pitched back-to-back shutouts and finished the week at THE Spring Games with a record of 3-0 and a 0.36 ERA. In the spring trip opener, she pitched 4.0 innings for a win in the Marauders 4-1 win over New Haven, allowing one hit and no runs. She had a 3-hit complete game shutout win in the Marauders 8-0 victory over Salem University. She closed out the week with a complete game 7-0 win over Alliance, allowing six hits in the win. She has thrown 13 straight shutout innings.
#12 Thayda Houser (UMC) pitched 10.1 innings in two wins against Illinois-Springfield and New Haven. She allowed just one run on nine hits. Houser struck out 11 and walked just one. She pitched a three-hit shutout against New Haven, with seven strikeouts and no walks.
Azalya Lopez (MSUM) pitched five innings in the circle for MSUM in a 5-2 win over Holy Names on Wednesday. She held a shutout through four innings and struck out four batters in her five innings of work. She did not walk a batter in the start and forced six fly-outs and three ground outs.
#55 Justyce Porter (SCSU) stepped in relief earning two wins over the weekend for the Huskies. Porter struck out five batters with three earned runs in 5.2 innings pitched. Against CSP, Porter threw extremely well in relief allowing one earned run on one hit over 3.0 innings of work while striking out two.
Abbie Hlas (WSU) worked 13.2 innings in three appearances last week.  She struck out four batters and walked only two.  She didn’t allow a hit in 1.2 innings of work in a win over Missouri Southern.  
NSIC Softball Players of the Week
2/7/23
Player: #3 Ellie Tallman – Minnesota State
Pitcher: #26 Allyssa Williams - Minnesota Duluth
2/14/23
Player: #5 Sidney Zavoral – Minnesota Duluth
Pitcher: #15 Trinity Junker – St. Cloud State
2/21/23
Player: #10 Avery Steffen – MSU Moorhead
Pitcher: #9 McKayla Armbruster - Minnesota State
2/27/23
Player: #14 Maggie Fitzgerald – St. Cloud State
Pitcher: #26 Allyssa Williams – Minnesota Duluth
3/6/23
Player: #21 Clara Heislen – Concordia-St. Paul
Pitcher: #15 Trinity Junker – St. Cloud State (2)
3/13/23
Player: #14 Ashton Dorman - Augustana
Pitcher: #16 Kristi Pilz – Concordia-St. Paul
3/20/23
Player: #18 Jasmin Estrada – St. Cloud State
Pitcher: #15 Reegan Floyd – Minot State

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