INDIANAPOLIS – Malone and Findlay were the receipients for Great Midwest Athletic Conference Softball Players of the Week honors as announced on Tuesday morning. 
 
Player of the Week
Bailey Byers
Malone
Catcher/Infield
Sophomore
Alliance, OH (West Branch HS)
 
In six games, Byers went on a power binge down in Orlando during the Pioneers’ spring break trip. 
 
The sophomore muscled up for four home runs and 11 RBI while batting .478 while Malone went 4-2 in the past week. Byers also doubled and tripled, giving her a total of six extra-base hits in as many games.
 
Byers homered twice against Franklin Pierce while plating five RBI in a 7-4 Malone victory. She also went yard against Wheeling Jesuit and Concordia (NY).
 
Byers had four multi-hit games and went 11-for-23 at the plate with eight runs scored and a stolen base. She legged out a double vs. Seton Hill as part of a 3-for-4 effort and tripled vs. Wheeling Jesuit.
 
Byers started five out of the six games behind the dish defensively for Malone while DH’ing the final game of the trip against Concordia (NY). 
 
Through 10 games this spring, Byers is now batting an eye-opening .541 with seven homers and 22 RBI. 
 
Pitcher of the Week
Megan Fisher
Sophomore
Findlay
RHP
Wapakoneta, OH (Wapakoneta HS)
 
Fisher tossed a total of 10.1 scoreless innings during the Oilers’ spring break trip down in Clermont, Fla. 
 
Fisher gives reigning Great Midwest co-Coach of the Year Danielle Lowe a versatile option as part of the rotation, coming in either for long relief roles or providing a quality start. 
 
Fisher did both for the Oilers against Gannon and Edinboro. She fired a complete game five-hit shutout against Gannon in her first outing of the week that included five strikeouts in a 2-0 winning decision. 
 
The sophomore then picked up another win against Edinboro by tossing 3.1 scoreless innings in a 3-2 Findlay triumph.
 
Also, Fisher fired four more scoreless frames just before the previous week officially started, against Georgian Court. She has a current streak of 17 scoreless innings dating back to March 2.