Fresh off his first collegiate win on the mound, Easton Dunwoody has been named the American Rivers Conference Pitcher of the Week.

Dunwoody made his second career start in Saturday’s second game and his efforts helped lift Simpson to its first win of the year, a 4-1 defeat of St. Olaf. He threw the first six innings before Mitchell Roeder came in to work the last three for the save. Together, the freshman duo recorded Simpson’s first one-hitter since April 23, 2021.

Dunwoody registered nine strikeouts in the win including three in his final inning after the Storm scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth for a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. The Ankeny, Iowa native held the Oles to a .050 batting average and currently leads the team with 15 strikeouts in 11.0 innings pitched.

The Storm will be back in action Sunday afternoon at 2:15 p.m. CT for the first of seven games in Florida. Simpson will play a doubleheader against Ohio Northern that first day before facing Beloit (3/13), St. Scholastica (3/14) and Springfield (3/16) in single-game action. The team’s spring break trip concludes with a twin bill against Wis.-Superior on March 17.

*from Simpsonathletics.com