EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Missouri Valley Conference announced on Monday that University of Evansville baseball player Brodie Harkness was named Pitcher of the Week.

MVC Release
 
Harkness (3-1) had a career day in the Aces' 3-1 win over #18 Dallas Baptist on Sunday. The freshman left-hander threw a career-high 8.0 innings in the victory, yielding just one unearned run on four hits.
 
The Bowmanville, Ont. native allowed three infield singles against the top hitting team in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Patriots didn't get a hit out of the infield until there were two outs in the eighth.
 
Harkness pitched around three defensive errors and limited DBU to a .160 batting average. He also retired five batters in a row mid-way through the game and also struck out five batters in the win, the first UE victory over a ranked opponent since winning at #4 Vanderbilt on Feb. 26, 2014.
 
This is the second Pitcher of the Week award for Harkness this season who also received the same honor back on March 9. That week, the lefty threw 6.0 scoreless innings of one hit baseball and a career-high eight strikeouts vs. Western Illinois. Harkness had two strikeouts in each of the first three innings on his way to a new career-high. He also retired the final 14 batters he faced in the Purple Aces 10-0 win over the Leathernecks.
 
Two Purple Aces have received a total of three MVC Player/Pitcher of the Week honors this season.
 
Outfielder Josh Jyawook was named MVC Player of the Week on Feb. 16 after his .385 weekend series against Arkansas – Little Rock. He scored a team-high five runs,  hit a home run (grand slam) and collected 8 RBIs in the three-game set.
 
The Purple Aces (9-10, 1-2) begin a stretch of eight consecutive road games this week with four contests away from Braun Stadium. UE plays at SIUE on Wednesday, March 25 at 6:00 p.m. The Aces then have a weekend series at Indiana State starting on Friday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m. The game on Saturday, March 28 will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the Sundays series finale is slated for a 1:00 beginning.
 
Evansville's next game will be Wednesday, March 25 at SIUE at 6:00 p.m. The next home game for the Purple Aces is Tuesday, April 7 against UT-Martin. The game will be held at Braun Stadium and begin at 6:00 p.m. Tickets to the game are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors/children.