NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Saint Louis senior center fielder Gabbie Kowalik is the Atlantic 10 Conference softball co-Player of the Week for March 21-27, the league office announced Monday. It is Kowalik's second Player of the Week nod this season.
 
Kowalik posted a .500 batting average (5-for-10) to help the Billikens win twice in a three-game series vs. Massachusetts. She hit two home runs, including one in SLU's 2-1 win in the series finale, led the team with four RBI, five runs scored and three stolen bases (3-for-3), and had a 1.645 OPS.
 
Kowalik leads Saint Louis in batting average (.410), slugging percentage (.756), on-base percentage (.460), OPS (1.216), total bases (59), hits (32), runs (21), home runs (five), RBI (18), triples (three) and stolen bases (seven). She tops the A-10 in slugging percentage and total bases.
 
A change in the Billikens' midweek schedule has the Wednesday, March 30, home game vs. Kansas City cancelled due to an unfavorable weather forecast. Instead, SLU will host Illinois Tuesday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m.