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Shaylee Ianno were named Monday as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Player and Pitcher of the Week.
Saluga earns her first Player of the Week honor in a Slippery Rock uniform, while Ianno repeats as the Pitcher of the Week for the third consecutive week.
Saluga, a sophomore catcher from Warren, Ohio, hit .533 (8-for-15) with eight runs, a double, two home runs and seven RBI to help Slippery Rock to a 6-0 week. With a hit in each of the six games last week, she pushed her team-leading hit streak out to 13 games.
She finished the week with a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .588 on-base percentage for a 1.588 OPS and was also successful in her only stolen base attempt. Saluga started the week by going a combined 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs in The Rock's doubleheader sweep of Wheeling Jesuit. In a twinbill sweep of Gannon, Saluga went 3-for-6 with her first career home run, a double and four RBI. She capped her week with a 3-for-4 performance in a sweep of Edinboro, hitting another home run, driving in two and scoring four runs.
Ianno, a junior from McMurray, Pa., went 4-0 with a 1.09 ERA in five appearances last week. She helped The Rock to a school record 11-game winning streak by throwing two complete games, including a shutout.
She allowed 11 hits and five runs, only three of which were earned, in 19.1 innings. She walked 10 and struck out 31 and held opposing hitters to a .175 batting average. She had a WHIP of 1.09 and averaged 11.22 strikeouts per seven innings.
Ianno took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and ended with a five-inning one-hitter after a bunt single in The Rock's 15-0 win over Wheeling Jesuit. She walked three and struck out nine. After a 2.1-inning relief stint in which she allowed two hits, a run and struck out four in the first game vs. Gannon, Ianno came back in the second game and worked four innings, allowing five hits, two runs, three walks and struck out four to pick up the win. After another five-inning, one-hit performance in which she allowed two unearned runs and two walks while striking out eight to earn the victory in a 12-2 win in the first game against Edinboro, Ianno again entered in relief in the second game and pitched the final three innings, allowed two hits and one walk with six strikeouts to pick up the win.
Slippery Rock is currently riding an 11-game winning streak and entered its doubleheader at Salem International today with a 14-2 overall record.
