Lake Forest College softball player Jenny McTague was named Midwest Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season on Monday after going 3-1 with a 0.77 earned run average in the previous seven days.
McTague, a freshman, pitched the second game of four doubleheaders last week, beginning with an 8-1 victory over visiting Wheaton College on Monday. She surrendered just an unearned run on two base hits while striking out seven and walking three in the contest.
Lake Forest fell 4-3 in 10 innings at the University of Chicago, the 21st-ranked team in the nation, on Tuesday. McTague went the distance, striking out a career-high 11 batters and walking four while allowing just seven hits and a pair of earned runs.
The Foresters defeated Cornell College 9-1 in six innings on Saturday to clinch the right to host the 2014 MWC Championship Tournament. McTague scattered seven base hits while striking out six and walking two in the game.
Finally, in a 21-0 five-inning blanking of Grinnell on Sunday, McTague matched her career-high with 11 strikeouts and did not walk a batter in a one-hit shutout. She also belted a pair of home runs and drove in six in the contest.
McTague is now 11-2 and leads the conference with a 1.12 earned run average this season. She also has 89 strikeouts in 87.2 innings of work.
MWC Performers of the Week are selected by the league's sports information director. McTague also earned the award on April 7.
