Petersen earns Player of the Week honor

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Sydney Petersen won her first GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Softball Player of the Week this season for the week of March 6-12. 

Petersen, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska, was a key bat for the Mustangs, who went 4-2 over the week. She went 11-for-18 at the plate, totalling seven runs scored, two home runs, 10 RBI and one stolen base. Petersen also had a 1.111 slugging percentage and a .667 on-base percentage. 

On the season, Petersen has a .375 batting average with 21 hits, five doubles and three home runs. She is tied for second on the team in RBI with 16 so far this season.

This weekend, Morningside is at Benedictine Saturday and at Peru State Sunday.