Bowling Green State University Athletics
Vrabel Named MAC Pitcher Of Week, Again
April 07, 2003 | Softball
April 7, 2003
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bowling Green State University freshman Liz Vrabel has been named the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week, the conference office has announced. She earns the honor for the second time in her Falcon career, and the second time in as many weeks.
Vrabel, a native of Allison Park, Pa. (North Allegheny HS), had a 2-0 record and an earned-run average of just 0.47 on the week, allowing only one run and four hits in 15 innings of work. She pitched two complete games, flirting with a no-hitter each time.
On Wednesday (April 2), Vrabel threw a complete-game one-hitter in a 5-0 win over Ohio, allowing only a one-out single in the seventh inning. In that contest, she struck out eight Bobcats and did not walk a batter. Then, in the second game of the doubleheader, she pitched a scoreless first inning before giving way to junior Jody Johnson, and the two combined on a four-hit shutout in a 1-0 BG win.
On Sunday (April 6), Vrabel threw hitless ball until giving up a single with one out in the sixth against arch-rival Toledo. She allowed one more hit, in the seventh, before getting the final out for a 2-1 win and her 10th complete game in 12 starts this year.
On the week, Vrabel allowed opponents to hit just .083 against her. On the season, she is now 8-6 with a 1.56 ERA. She leads the Falcons in wins, ERA, appearances (18), starts, complete games, shutouts (5), innings (85.1) and strikeouts (84). Opponents are batting just .184 against her on the year.
Vrabel was named the league pitcher of the week for the West Division. Ball State's Katie Shea was the division's player of the week, while Akron's Tracee McCoy and Kent State's Melissa Rhodes earned player- and pitcher-of-the-week honors, respectively, for the East Division.
Vrabel's MAC weekly honor is the fourth for the Falcons this season to date. Johnson was the MAC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 24, while freshman Lindsay Heimrich earned player-of-the-week honors on March 18 and Vrabel garnered pitching honors last week (March 31).
The Falcons, 13-17-1 on the season, are slated to complete a six-game homestand with a Wednesday (April 9) doubleheader vs. Miami University. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., weather permitting, at the BGSU Softball Field.
