March 18, 2008

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Lewis University senior Mallory Paine (Carol Stream, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player of the Week, as announced by the league office.

Paine, a catcher, helped Lewis get off to a strong start in the GLVC over the weekend by pacing her team to a pair of upset victories over No. 3 SIU Edwardsville on Sunday.

In Lewis' 2-1, 11-inning victory in the first game on Sunday, Paine provided the dramatics by hitting a one-out game-winning home run in the top of the eleventh inning. She finished the game 2-for-5 with a double, home run, run scored and RBI. Paine also threw out two SIUE baserunners in the win.

She returned in Lewis' 4-2 win in the day's second game to go 3-for-4 with a run and RBI.

In the two games, she was 5-for-9 (.556) with two RBIs, two runs scored, a double and home run.

Paine is hitting .333 with 10 RBIs, four doubles and a home run.

This is the second Player of the Week award of Paine's career. She is the second Flyer to be honored this season.

Lewis (12-8, 2-0) has won five of its last six games and will host St.Francis on Wednesday. Since starting the season 0-5, Lewis has gone 12-3.