Marian University

Senior Emalee Depa (Mount Prospect, Ill.) closed out her career on a high note leading Marian to the NACC Tournament.  She started in five games over the final weeks of the season boasting a 1.58 earned run average and .275 opponent batting average over 35.1 innings of work.  Depa opened the month with a complete game win over SNC tossing 6.0 innings allowing just one unearned run.  The very next day, she went 6.2 innings against Concordia Chicago allowing just two runs to clinch the Sabre a spot in the NACC Tournament.  Depa started both games of the NACC Tournament for Marian tossing 12.2 innings and recording a 1.66 earned run average to go with a .250 opponent batting average.  She allowed just one earned run in the opener of the tournament against Dominican over 7.0 innings of work with four strikeouts.  At the plate, she was also 2-for-6 (.333) with a double and a walk at the NACC Tournament.  Depa closes out her Marian career in the all-time records eighth for games started (56), innings pitched (370.0), strikeouts (195) and wins (34).