Marah Wood named MVC Newcomer of the Week

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Freshman coming off of excellent weekend

 

University of Evansville freshman Marah Wood has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week.

 

Wood batted a solid .364 in the Purple Aces series against Green Bay.  The Brownsburg, Indiana native registered four hits in 11 at-bats while hitting a home run.  She walked three times while scoring twice.  Following an 0-3 game in Saturday’s opener, Wood went 2-3 with a run in game two.

 

She became more comfortable as the series moved along, posting the first home run of her UE career in game one on Sunday.  She went 1-3 while drawing a walk.  Wood added another hit and two walks in the series finale.  She reached base 50% of the time in the 4-game set while slugging .818.