Wheaton, Ill. - Wheaton sophomore Alese Antonello has been named the CCIW Softball "Pitcher of the Week", as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. The selection marks the first time in her career that Antonello has won the conference's "Pitcher of the Week" award. She is the second-consecutive Wheaton pitcher to earn the recognition, following Emilie Gist's honor as the Pitcher of the Week last Tuesday.

In four appearances last week, Antonello had a 2-0 record with one save, tossing two complete games including one shutout. She threw a 1.15 ERA in 18-1/3 innings, scattering 12 hits, with nine strikeouts.

Antonello helped Wheaton to a five-game winning streak to close out its eight-game Spring Break trip to Florida. She tossed a complete game one-hitter last Tuesday in Wheaton's 3-0 victory against Penn State-Behrend as she struck out three batters. She earned a complete game win, allowing just one run in a 5-1 victory against Ohio Wesleyan on Friday. Antonello struck out three Battling Bishops' batters in her seven innings in the circle. She earned the save in Wheaton's other victory last Friday, a 9-4 win against Gordon College. She pitched 3-2/3 innings against Gordon, scattering four hits, with three strikeouts.

Antonello travel to Aurora for a doubleheader against the Spartans tomorrow afternoon.