To win the arms race in the postseason, teams need to rely on their ace to shoulder a considerable burden and Lapallo has as much experience as anyone going into the Great Midwest Championship again.
Lapallo is rounding into unhittable form at the right time for the Senators as she logged 14 scoreless innings across two starts last week.
Lapallo was 2-0 while striking out nine with a pair of complete-game efforts against Ohio Valley and Lake Erie. She only gave up five hits and walked four as Davis & Elkins won a pair of closely-contested games with the senior in the circle.
Lapallo dealt a one-hitter against Ohio Valley and fanned four while she recorded five strikeouts against Lake Erie in her final start of the regular season.
This represents the sixth career conference weekly pitching honor for Lapallo, who continues to climb up the career record books in Great Midwest history. She is third in ERA (2.39), second in wins (52), fifth in opponent batting average (.246), second in complete games (58) and shutouts (16) and fourth in appearances (99).
Lapallo will carry a 10-7 record into the conference tournament with a 2.81 ERA in 19 appearances this spring. She has struck out 86 in almost 110 innings of work.