Cleveland State's McNew and Radjen Collect Horizon League Softball Weekly Honors

INDIANAPOLIS –Cleveland State sophomore catcher Erica McNew (Canton, Ohio) is the Horizon League softball Player of the Week, while teammate junior Alex Radjen (Broadview Heights, Ohio) is the Horizon League softball Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 24-30. This is the first League honor for both players on the year.

Cleveland State played in a mid-week double-header against Toledo in the CSU Dome last Tuesday. The Vikings collected two victories to sweep the Rockets winning 5-4 in the first game and 5-0 in the second. The two victories moved Cleveland State to 12-10 overall on the year and stands at 3-1 in conference play.

McNew led the Vikings at the plate going 3-for-5 over the two games posting a .600 batting average. The sophomore hit a three-run homerun to centerfield in the first matchup to tally her 20th in her career. She is the fifth Viking in school history to reach 20 career homers. In her 2-for-2 performance in game one at the plate she also hit a double and got on base with a walk. In the second game, the cleanup hitter went 1-for-3 and collected two more RBI for the Vikings. Overall for the day, she had a 1.400 slugging percentage and a .667 on-base percentage.

Radjen dominated in the circle to pitch a complete game 5-0 shutout win over Toledo in the second game of the double-header. The junior had a 0.00 earned run average allowing only four hits while fanning eight. The right-hander held the Rockets to a .160 batting against average and did not walk a batter.

Cleveland State takes on conference-foe Youngstown State in a double-header on the road today starting at 3:00 p.m. ET.

Softball Player of the Week:
Feb. 3: Erika Polidori, Oakland
Feb. 10: Amanda Wisniewski, Valparaiso
Feb. 17: Miranda Castiglione, Youngstown State
Feb. 24: Marissa Michalkiewicz, Green Bay
March 3: Cynthia Woodard, Cleveland State
March 10: Laura Swan, UIC
March 17: Jess Gorman, Wright State
March 24: Erica McNew, Cleveland State

Softball Pitcher of the Week:
Feb. 3: Susan Knight, Cleveland State
Feb. 10: Bridget Boyle, UIC
Feb. 17: Casey Crozier, Youngstown State
Feb. 24: Kaley Waalkes, Oakland
March 3: Sara Shields, Cleveland State
March 10: Casey Crozier, Youngstown State
March 17: Montana Wear, Wright State
March 24: Alex Radjen, Cleveland State