WACO, Texas -- Alyssa Posadas of Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas) received the Red River Athletic Conference Softball Player of the Week award for March 22-28, while her teammate, Dawn Villegas, was recognized with the RRAC Pitcher of the Week honor for the same dates.

Posadas, a sophomore right fielder from Mercedes, Texas, went 10-for-13 at the plate in a 5-1 week for the Lady Saints. She was 7-for-8 with a home run and three RBIs in a double-header sweep of Langston University (Okla.). She added a second homer on Sunday to help OLLU split with Bacone College (Okla.) with a 5-2 win in the second game of a double-header. Posadas scored eight runs and collected four RBIs on the week as the RRAC-leading Lady Saints moved to 17-3 in conference play and 21-9 on the season.

Villegas, a freshman pitcher from San Marcos, Texas, earned two wins with a perfect ERA last week. She tossed a complete-game, five-hit shutout for an 11-0 victory over Huston-Tillotson University (Texas). Villegas followed with a three-hitter to earn the win over Bacone on Sunday while striking out seven. She finished the week with 11 strikeouts and two walks.

Haley Butler of Texas Wesleyan University and Tancy Matthews of Northwood University (Texas) were also nominated for this week's player award. Northwood's Larissa Garcia and TWU's Ashley Tarrant were additional pitcher nominees.