Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Harre earns MVC Player of the Week honor
04/20/2015 | 12:00:00 | Softball
ST. LOUIS - Southern Illinois sophomore Shaye Harre earned the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week honor, the league announced Monday. Harre hit .533 in Southern's 4-1 last week of games, all against MVC competition.
Harre hit .533, slugged .933 and reached at a .632 clip in SIU's 4-1 week. She hit two home runs and piled up seven RBIs while hitting in all five games of the week and scoring five runs. In one stretch of six plate appearances, Harre went 5-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs. She had two games in which she reached in every plate appearance. For good measure, she pitched and didn't allow an earned run in a complete-game win at Loyola in the second half of a doubleheader.
The honor is the second weekly honor of Harre's career. She earned MVC Newcomer of the Week last year after the Wichita State series. Harre is the second Saluki to earn an MVC Player of the Week nod this season; Merri Anne Patterson earned one after hitting two game-winning home runs vs. Wichita State earlier this season.
Harre led a group of SIU players who were dominant last week. Kalyn Harker also hit .533 and scored eight runs, and she hit for a week-long cycle with a single, double, triple and home run in her eight hits. Patterson hit .385 with a double, home run and four RBIs. Kelsey Gonzalez hit .353, and Brook Womack hit .308 with two doubles, a triple and two RBIs. Katie Bertelsen was dominant in the circle for SIU, getting three complete-game MVC wins, including two complete-game shutouts. Her ERA in 19 innings last week was 0.74 and she held opponents to a .214 batting average and only one extra base hit.
SIU is back in action with a pair of home mid-week games this week. Southern hosts UT Martin on Tuesday, April 21, at 4 p.m. CT. The Salukis will have a rubber match with Evansville on Wednesday, April 22, at 5 p.m. CT. Those two teams split a doubleheader at Evansville last Wednesday.
Congrats to @ShayeHarre on being named the @MVCsports Player of the Week! Well deserved: http://t.co/3F5NOsUv3V pic.twitter.com/KKdEZMG1As
-- SIU Softball (@SIU_Softball) April 20, 2015
#Salukis @ShayeHarre earns MVC POW --> RT @MVCsports: Softball Weekly Release > http://t.co/RRxn2EG2Vb #MVCSoftball pic.twitter.com/uTPj35h7nR
-- SIU Softball (@SIU_Softball) April 20, 2015
