March 11, 2004
Elizabeth Economon and Abigail Souders Earn MIAA Player of the Week Honors
Softball player Elizabeth Economon and women's tennis player Abigail Souders both earned MIAA player of the week honors this week.
Wilson/MIAA Softball Co-Hitter of the Week: Elizabeth Economon, SS
Economon, a 5-foot-3 senior from St. Louis, Mo., broke the MIAA and Truman career home run records while hitting .586 (17-of-29) to start the season.
Her game-winning grand slam in a 4-3 opening-day win over Delta (Miss.) State was the 34th home run of her career, passing the total of 33 by former teammate and former coach Kristi Bredbenner (1998-2001).
She went on to hit four more homers in her first nine games, as Truman started the season 7-2 through action Sunday (March 7). Two of the homers came in a 13-2 romp of West Virginia Wesleyan Sunday at Kissimmee, Fla.
She also had a sixth-inning, game-tying single in a 5-4 win at Columbia (Mo.) on Feb. 25.
Economon, a two-time MIAA Most Valuable Player award winner, is a graduate of Notre Dame High School.
MIAA Women's Tennis Player of the Week: Abigail Souders
Souders, a junior from Rosemount, Minn., started the spring portion of the schedule with six straight wins in No. 3 singles for the Bulldogs.
She started by going 3-0 at the Principia (Ill.) Tournament Feb. 16. Souders picked up a pair of straight-set wins over Lisa Warner of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (6-3, 6-4) and Elise Epperson of Principia (6-3, 6-2) before going three sets with Erin Fleming of Washington (Mo.) for a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 win.
She logged Truman's only win against Division I Northern Iowa on Feb. 28, downing Korkoi Quaye by a 6-4, 6-2 count.
In Topeka on Friday (March 5), Souders downed Margo Rainey of Colorado State-Pueblo (6-0, 7-6) and followed up the next day by defeating Mercedes Pollmeier of Metropolitan (Colo.) State (6-0, 6-2).
Souders is a graduate of Rosemount High School.