Askins, Darmstadt Earn Weekly Softball Honors

Dana Askins of USAO and Sandra Darmstadt of Oklahoma Christian have been named Sooner Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher and Player of the Week for March 21-27. Askins and Darmstadt also were tabbed as the top pitcher and player in Region VI.

Askins, a junior from Moore, claimed wins in both ends of a doubleheader at Oklahoma Baptist. The left-hander tossed a one-hitter in the first game and 4.2 innings of scoreless relief to win the second game. She also recorded 19 strikeouts in the doubleheader, against only one walk. This is Askins’ second selection as SAC Pitcher of the Week.

For the season, Askins boasts a league-best 0.41 earned-run average, and is second in the SAC with 6.2 strikeouts per seven innings and a 10-4 record. Askins and junior Kindra Gregory have combined for league-best 0.77 ERA.

Currently, USAO is 18-7 overall and first in the SAC standings at 5-1. Today, the Drovers host Southern Nazarene in a 2 p.m. conference doubleheader, and travel to Kansas City, Mo., this weekend to compete in the Avila University tournament.

Darmstadt, a freshman outfielder from Lewisville, Texas, batted .750 for the week with three runs, two home runs and eight RBI in two SAC wins at Southern Nazarene.