Earning her first Akadema/NEC Player of the Week, Nicola helped power Monmouth to four wins in five games last week, batting .400 (6-of-15) with a pair of home runs and seven RBIs. She scored three runs and slugged .867. The senior logged three multi-hit games this past week, including going a combined 4-for-6 with two homers, six RBIs and three runs scored in MU's doubleheader sweep of Central Connecticut State on Saturday. The catcher, who played an error-free week, is now in third place on MU's career home run list with 19 round trippers.