GRINNELL, Iowa – Illinois College's
Jordan Closs was named the Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week, it was announced by the league today.
This is the second time this season that the junior from Niantic, Ill. has earned the weekly honor from the conference.
Closs recorded a pair of shutout victories in her two conference starts this week. She threw 14 innings, allowing seven hits and no runs with 18 strikeouts. On Saturday, in her win at Beloit, she tossed a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts and followed that with a five-hitter with six strikeouts in a win at Lake Forest. In her non-conference start on Wednesday at 14th-ranked Wash U, Closs allowed just one run on three hits in six innings of work. Closs is now 7-3 on the season, including a 4-0 slate in conference action.Â
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