Miller went 3-0 in four appearances and did not allow an earned run over 18.2 total innings pitched for Northwestern, limiting opposing batters to a .148 batting average and just nine total hits while striking out 22 batters. The graduate student from Leo, Indiana made two starts and tossed a complete game in each start, improving her total to 15 complete games on the season.
In this past weekend's series at Purdue, Miller allowed just three hits (.083 opposing batting average) in 11.2 innings pitched while striking out 12 batters to propel the Wildcats to a series victory, extending their streak to 14-consecutive Big Ten series victories in what marks the longest streak in program history.
Miller tossed a complete game and allowed just one unearned run while striking out 10 (her third start of the season with 10+ strikeouts) in a 4-1 victory over Illinois on Tuesday.
The right-handed turned in one of her most efficient outings of the season on Friday at Purdue, throwing just 65 pitches while allowing only two hits in a 5.0 inning complete game shutout as the 'Cats run-ruled the Boilermakers, 9-0. It marked her fifth shutout of the season, the most of any Big Ten pitcher.
On Sunday, Miller entered in relief in the fourth inning and pitched 6.0 scoreless innings against Purdue on Sunday, allowing just one hit and striking out six en route to a 7-3 extra-innings win to give the Wildcats a series victory.
Miller's four Big Ten Pitcher of the Week awards won this season are the most by any Big Ten pitcher this season, and tied for the most by a Northwestern player in a single-season (last done by Danielle Williams during her First-Team All-American campaign in 2022). Miller currently leads the Big Ten and ranks 12th in the nation in both earned run average (1.14) and hits allowed per seven innings (3.97).