Southern Illinois’ Jackie Lis has been named the Extra Inning Softball Player of the Week for her efforts during Week 6 of the Division 1 softball season.
Lis batted .500 in five games, with five home runs and ten RBIs to her credit.
Against Missouri State on Tuesday, Lis recorded her second-consecutive multi-home run game, going 3-4 in the game with the two longballs and three RBIs. She was 0-1 against the Bears in a second game on Wednesday, but notched an additional RBI and was intentionally walked once.
In a weekend series against Valparaiso, Lis was 4-8 at the plate, scoring at least one run in each of the weekend’s matchups.
A perfect 3-3 at the plate to start the Valpo series, Lis hit three home runs and notched five RBIs on the day. She was walked and scored a run in the second game of the series, then finished the weekend iwth a 1-3 performance that included driving in her 10th run of the week.
Now boasting ten home runs on the year, Lis has hit seven in the last ten calendar days.
2023 Extra Inning Softball National Players of the Week:
3/21 – Jackie Lis, Southern Illinois
3/14 – Jessica Mullins, Texas State
3/7 – Caroline Hudson, Liberty
2/28 – Autumn Owen, Marshall
2/21 – Kiley Naomi, Oklahoma State
2/14 – Maya Brady, UCLA
