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 consecutive week, and third time this season, that the junior from Niantic, Ill., has earned the weekly honor from the conference.
In three starts last week, Closs pitched 21 shutout innings. On Tuesday, she set a single-game school record with 18 strikeouts in her 1-hit victory over Eureka. She followed that on Friday by tossing the first perfect game in school history in a 14-strikeout effort at Monmouth. Closs concluded the week with a 4-hit shutout with two strikeouts in a win at Cornell.
Closs is now 13-4 on the season and has won her last five starts. In those five starts, she has allowed no runs with 50 strikeouts in 35 innings of work.
