Conference

Nicole Sleith, Robert Morris
Smithton, PA / Yough
P
Freshman

Sleith went 3-0 with a save as she registered a 0.82 in over 25 innings this past week. She began the week by notching a complete-game victory over MAC foe Akron as she allowed just six hits and one earned run in seven innings while striking out seven. Sleith then came up big during a doubleheader sweep of defending champion Sacred Heart. She started the opener and went all nine innings to register the win. She allowed just two runs and struck out eight without walking a single batter. In the nightcap, Sleith was called upon in a jam, with the tying run at the plate, but she would retire each of the five hitters she faced, three by way of the ‘K’, to tally her fifth save of the season. Sleith then posted a 1-0 over Quinnipiac as she twirled a three-hit shutout. She posted eight strikeouts against just a lone walk to become the first Colonial freshman ever, and just the fourth RMU pitcher overall, to surpass 200 strikeouts in a season. The effort doubled as her 20^th win of the 2012 as she became just the fifth Colonial in history to hit that mark in a single season. The Smithton, PA native now has 102 strikeouts against just 12 walks in her past 13 starts and leads the league with 203 batters struck out.