COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- BYU senior Daniela Snow and San Diego State senior Megan McDonald have been named Mountain West Conference Softball Co-Players of the Week, while San Diego State senior lefthander Christina Ross has earned Pitcher of the Week honors.

"Snow has performed well for us all year," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "She is very deserving of this award and it is nice for her to receive the recognition."

Snow, from Corona, Calif., led BYU to a 2-1 record last week. Against Utah Valley, she batted 1.000 (4-for-4) with three home runs, including a grand slam to bring in the first four runs of the game. Snow belted another homer in her next at-bat, while also managing a single and a third home run in the fifth inning to combine for eight RBI in the game, marking a new school record. In the first game against Utah, she again batted 1.000, going 2-for-2 and driving in another run to help the Cougars to a five-inning, 8-0 victory.

McDonald, a Glendale, Ariz., native, led the Aztecs to a 5-0 away record over the weekend. McDonald exploded for three home runs in five games against MWC foes New Mexico and Colorado State. She posted a hit in all five games, including three hits and the game-winning RBI against cross-town rival San Diego. McDonald led SDSU in batting average (.474), hits (19), home runs (3), RBI (6) and slugging percentage (.947), while posting a perfect fielding percentage in a team-high 29 chances.

Ross, hailing from Santa Clarita, Calif., played a significant part in all five of SDSU's wins last week. She went 4-0 with one save in 22 1/3 innings of work. Over the week, Ross pitched two complete games, including a shutout, while holding opponents to a .228 batting average. She allowed only two earned runs and four walks, while striking out 15 batters.

PROVO -- The BYU women's softball (31-15, 7-3) team takes a mid-week break from MWC conference play on Tuesday when it hosts a doubleheader against Idaho State (7-22) before returning to the conference race with a doubleheader against San Diego State (34-13, 6-3) Thursday and two games against UNLV (22-30-1, 2-7) Friday and Saturday.

The Cougars are defending their 2007 MWC Championship title and are currently lead the conference standings. The Conference teams are entering the second round of conference games with BYU, San Diego State and Utah all very close in the title race.

BYU took two games against San Diego State during the two teams' last meetings. Both games were pitcher's duels and ended in extra innings. When the Cougars met UNLV in Las Vegas they split a double header with the Rebels.

Thursday's games will be broadcast on The Mtn., and all games are available via livestats at www.byucougars.com.