INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State junior catcher Vicky Rumph (Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada) has been named Horizon League Softball Player of the Week, while Penguins sophomore Casey Crozier (Valparaiso, Ind.) has earned Horizon League Softball Pitcher of the Week honors, for the week of Feb. 13-19.
The battery helped Youngstown State turn in a 2-1 record as the Penguins opened the season at the Spartan Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C. Rumph hit .556 in the three games, turning in an OPS of 1.600 as the Penguins collected wins over UNC-Wilmington and Howard. Crozier appeared in two games on the rubber, winning both.
Going 5-for-9 across the three games, collecting hits in YSU's 6-1 win against UNC-Wilmington and in a 4-0 shutout at the hands of USC-Upstate. The junior saved her finest game for YSU's 15-7 victory over Howard, turning in a 3-for-3 effort with a home run, double and three runs scored.
Crozier started only one game in the tournament, hurling a complete game two-hitter against UNC-Wilmington. The right-hander notched eight of her 10 strikeouts in the tournament in that contest. Entering in the third inning against Howard, Crozier collected the win with three innings of work. The sophomore allowed just one unearned run on the week, allowing opponents to hit just .135.
Youngstown State will head to Greensboro, N.C., this week, taking part in the North Carolina A&T Tournament on Feb. 24-26. The Penguins will meet Utah Valley State and host NCA&T on Friday before single games against Marist and Western Carolina on Saturday and Sunday.
