Lewis University sophomore Karissa Habel (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.

Habel recorded three wins and a save for the Flyers last week and helped her club go 5-1 on the week. She was 3-0 and did not allow an earned run in four appearances. Habel threw 17 innings and posted a pair of complete games. She struck out 12 and walked just one.

In Lewis’ 3-2 win over Lake Erie on Mar. 1, Habel scattered nine hits in going the distance. She stuck out five and walked one.

Habel returned on Mar. 3 to earn a save in Lewis’ 5-4 win over Mount Olive and grab the victory in the Flyers’ 13-12 win over Lynn.

She closed the week with a 9-4 victory against Northwood. Habel again did not allow an earned run and struck out six, while giving up six hits.

On the year, Habel is 4-1 with a 0.92 earned run average. She has 21 strikeouts in 30 and one-third innings pitched and opponents are sporting a .271 batting average.

Lewis (8-4) has won seven of its last eight games and will return to action at the Missouri Western State Invitational this weekend.

Other top performers in GLVC last week included Bellarmine’s Casey Willard,  Maryville’s  Caitlin McClintock, Northern Kentucky’s  April Ehlers and Southern Indiana’s Dawn McClellan.