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Holden Bridge, Swarthmore (left), Tyler Showers, Arcadia (center) |
A three-time Little East Conference Baseball Player of the Week claimed the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter of the Week honor, while the Empire 8 Athletic Conference and North Coast Athletic Conference earned the week three Pitcher and Rookie of the Week awards. This week’s honorees were selected based on performances spanning March 4-10.
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HITTER OF WEEK
Junior outfielder Holden Bridge hit safely in 19-of-28 plate appearances in six games for No. 8 Swarthmore College last week in Florida. Bridge, who recorded a .679 average, had six hits in the Garnet’s 22-6 win over the State University of New York at Canton, which tied 10 other Centennial Conference players for the single-game hits record. Bridge registered nine RBI, nine runs scored, three doubles, and a stolen base, as the Garnet went 5-1 during the week. He only struck out once in his 28 at bats.
Honorable Mention Hitter: Graham Welch, Sr., CF, University of Texas at Tyler – Recorded a pair of multi-home run games as the Patriots took two out of three from the University of Texas at Dallas on the road. He hit .750 (9-for-12) with five RBI, four home runs, and two doubles. Welch tallied 23 total bases, scored four times, and had a 1.917 slugging percentage.
Past Winners:
Week 1: Tre D'Amico, Frostburg State
Week 2: Deauton Delgado, Louisiana College
Week 3L Davis Mikell, Castleton
PITCHER OF WEEK
Arcadia University junior Tyler Showers was near perfect in a 6-0 win over Messiah College. Showers threw the program’s second-ever no-hitter to lead the Knights to victory. The junior needed just 87 pitches over seven innings to accomplish the feat. He struck out six batter. Showers’ only blemish came on a leadoff walk in the fourth inning.
Honorable Mention Pitcher: Jordan Muchin, Sr., Eastern Connecticut State University – Was named Little East Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week after shutting down No. 1 The College of Wooster on Sunday. The senior fanned 11 batters while yielding just four hits over eight shutout innings, as the Warriors blanked the Fighting Scots to close out their Florida trip.
Past Winners:
Week 1: Keith Long, Texas-Tyler
Week 2: David Hall, Belhaven
Week 3: Jake Binder, Ithaca
ROOKIE OF WEEK
Grove City College’s Colton Lineman hit for the cycle on Friday in the Wolverines’ victory at Penn State Greater Allegheny. Lineman led off Friday’s game with a home run, then tripled to lead off the fourth. He cracked a one-out single in the sixth, then completed the cycle in the eighth with a bloop double to left. Lineman finished the 7-0 game 4-for-5 with two runs score and two RBI.
Noteworthy, all four NCBWA Div. III Rookie of the Week awards in 2019 have gone to teams from the Mideast Region.
Past Winners:
Week 1: Andrew Santobuono, Alfred State
Week 2: Casey Jones, St. Vincent
Week 3: Jacob Thompson, Oberlin
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