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Softball Takes Two in Tourney

TUCSON, Ariz. – The 18th–ranked USAO softball team won its first two games in Arizona playing in the Tucson Invitational Monday morning, and a Drover pitcher earned the team's first Player of the Week award.

The Drovers started off the tournament with an 8-1 win over Trinity Christian College, Ill., and then run-ruled Hastings College, Neb., 10-1. The Drovers are on a three-game winning streak after beating No. 7 St. Gregory’s at home Thursday in extra innings.

The Drovers will play Mid-America Nazarene, Kan., Huntington University, Ind., and Manchester College, Ind., Tuesday before a Wednesday morning showdown with California Baptist. CBU is currently the No. 1 team in the country and eliminated the Drovers in last year’s national tournament.

Pitcher Marina Poddubskaya, a junior from Tuchkovo, Russia, earned Sooner Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for her performances against SGU. She was 1-1 on the week with a 0.93 earned run average and 17 strikeouts in 15 innings all against seventh-ranked SGU.

Poddubskaya set a new career high with nine strikeouts in game one against the Lady Cavs and then followed that with eight strikeouts in game two.

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