INDIANAPOLIS – Riding an eight-game win streak, Ohio Dominican was tabbed for a sweep of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Softball Players of the Week honors on Monday.
 
The Panthers (18-15, 8-2 G-MAC) are currently third in the Great Midwest standings with Findlay (19-16, 9-1 G-MAC) at the top and Cedarville (16-10, 5-1 G-MAC) in second.
 
Weather continued to force teams to mix up their spring schedules as eight programs look to advance to the conference tournament at Athletes in Action in Xenia, Ohio, on May 3-5.
 
Player of the Week
Cameron Barber
Ohio Dominican
RHP/First Base
Sophomore
Powell, OH (Columbus St. Francis DeSales HS)
 
Barber did her best Shohei Ohtani impression over the past week, doing enough damage at the plate and in the circle to draw fun comparisons to the MLB Japanese rookie phenom.
 
Barber slugged three home runs and hit .500 on the week (10-for-20) with eight RBI and five runs scored as ODU beat and swept Malone, Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus.
 
She had at least one hit in all five games and slugged a pair of homers against Davis & Elkins while driving in four.
 
Barber went 3-for-5 in the final game of the week against Alderson Broaddus and also had two hits in the series opener against Malone. She also drew a pair of walks and slugged 1.000 in 20 at-bats.
 
With her arm, Barber pitched to the tune of a 0.41 ERA in three starts and 17 innings pitched. She was a perfect 3-0 and struck out 13.
 
Barber is now hitting .403 this spring in 26 games played with five home runs, five doubles and 23 RBI.
 
Pitcher of the Week
Abby Lamping
Ohio Dominican
RHP
Junior
Cleves, OH (Seton HS)
 
Lamping earned three winning decisions in as many starts as Ohio Dominican outscored Malone, Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus, by a combined score of 18-3 with the junior righty pitching.
 
Lamping totaled 19 innings with three complete games logged. She struck out 13 and had an ERA of 1.11 while allowing just three runs on 12 hits.
 
Lamping got the call for the start in each series opener. She went the full seven innings against Malone with five strikeouts in a 4-2 ODU win.
 
Versus D&E, she had seven strikeouts in as many innings, while giving up just one run on five scattered hits. She finished the weekend with a two-hit shutout against AB in a shortened five-inning affair.
 
Lamping improved to 7-6 overall with a 2.10 ERA in 13 games started with 20 total appearances.