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Erika Taylor March 24, 2008
Courtesy of GLVC Sports Information

Lewis' Dianis, SIUE'S Taylor Earn Softball Weekly Honors
         INDIANAPOLIS - Lewis University's Kelly Dianis (Hinsdale, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Player of the Week and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Erika Taylor (Boonville, Ind.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.
         Dianis, a junior shortstop for the Flyers, helped Lewis run their winning streak to nine straight games.
         She went 7-for-11 (.636) as the Flyers swept a pair of doubleheaders at Bellarmine and Northern Kentucky over the weekend.
         Dianis, on the week, posted seven RBIs, had two doubles and hit her 17th career home run which moves her within two of the Lewis career record.
         She was 3-for-5 with three RBIs in Lewis' 10-2 and 5-0 wins over Bellarmine on Friday. Dianis returned to go 4-for-6 with four RBIs and two doubles in the 9-1, 10-0 doubleheader sweep at Northern Kentucky on Saturday.
         Dianis is hitting .439 on the year with 17 RBIs, seven runs scored and four doubles.
         Lewis (18-8, 6-0 GLVC) has scored 34 runs in its last 22 innings and has gone 17-2 since opening the season 1-6. The Flyers will head to the Winona State Tournament this weekend.
         Taylor, a freshman pitcher for the 13th-ranked Cougars, tossed a gem and helped SIU Edwardsville earn a split at S&T on Saturday afternoon.
         SIU Edwardsville won the nightcap, 4-0, behind Taylor's complete-game shutout. She allowed just two hits over the course of seven innings and struck out 13 in the victory. Taylor surrendered just three walks and held the Miners hitless until the sixth inning.
         She is now 3-3 on the year with a 3.33 earned run average. Taylor has struck out 51 batters in 48.1 innings of work this season.
         SIU Edwardsville (19-7, 1-3 GLVC) snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory. The Cougars will next visit Lincoln on Tuesday.
         Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Bellarmine's Kim Locke, Drury's Casey Elliott, Lewis' Diana Pickrum, Missouri S&T's Kelsey Musselman and Jen O'Hara, Northern Kentucky's Rose Broderick, Rockhurst's Holly Hilton and Emily Dye, SIU Edwardsville's Mallory Ruggles and UIndy's Meagan Gutierrez.
                 -siue-