On the season, Pena is second on the team in hitting with .340 batting average along with four home runs, 11 doubles and 34 RBI along with a team-leading .467 on-base percentage. ST. LOUIS – The Drake University softball team claimed two Missouri Valley Conference Softball weekly awards, the MVC office announced on Monday, May 9. Junior Megan Sowa (Gurnee, Ill.) was named the MVC Player of the Week for the second time this season while freshman Taryn Pena (Columbia, Ill.) earned her first career MVC Newcomer of the Week award. Pena continued her outstanding freshman campaign with an impressive three games in the series- sweep of Bradley. At the plate, she batted .600 (6-for-10) with one home run, one double, four RBI and five runs scored along with tallying a .667 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage. On the season, Sowa is batting .302 with six home runs and a team-leading 14 doubles and 39 RBI. Sowa was previously named the MVC Player of the Week on March 28. Sowa blistered the softball in Drake’s final three regular season wins over Bradley this past weekend. At the plate, she batted .600 (6-of-10) with one home run, three doubles, five runs batted in and seven runs scored along with tallying a .667 on-base percentage and a 1.200 slugging percentage. Drake will play its first game at the MVC Tournament, held in Carbondale, Ill., Friday, May 13 at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of that Friday morning’s quarterfinal game between Evansville or Illinois State versus UNI. Every game of the MVC Tournament will be broadcast online via The Valley On ESPN3. Print Friendly Version read more