Danielle Freeman named MVC Player of the Week
Freeman batted .571 in opening weekend
 University of Evansville junior Danielle Freeman batted .571 while helping the Purple Aces go 4-1 in the Trojan Invite. For her efforts, she was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week.
“Danielle had a tremendous opening weekend at the plate,†Aces head coach Mat Mundell said. “She has been working hard all off season, we are happy to see if paying off for her.”
In the first weekend of the season, Danielle Freeman showed just why she is one of the top offensive players in the MVC as she batted .571 leading Evansville to a 4-1 mark. Freeman opened the year going 1-2 while drawing two walks versus Eastern Michigan. She followed with her top game of the weekend, going 3-4 with 4 RBIs and three runs scored against Alabama State as she hit her first home run of the season.
Freeman recorded another 2-hit outing at Troy while posting one hit in the other two games. Freeman notched four doubles on the weekend while walking three times.
Next weekend, UE heads to the Tennessee State Tiger Classic where they will face Tennessee State, East Tennessee State, Louisiana-Monroe, Butler and Northern Kentucky.
