SLIAC Announces First Diamond Sports Baseball Players of the Week for 2012

St. Louis, Mo. - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the first Diamond Sports Baseball Players of the Week for the 2012 season.

BASEBALL - PITCHER
Spalding University's Taylor Reilly, a senior from Louisville, Ky., has been named the Diamond Sports Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the week of February 20-26.

Reilly, a right-handed pitcher, went 2-0 in his first outings this season. He recorded a 1-0 victory versus Centre College, going 5.0 innings on the mound and allowing only one hit, four walks and striking out two batters. He then pitched 5.0 innings and recorded his second win of the season in a 12-0 victory versus Sewanee. Reilly struck out four, walked one and allowed three hits.

Spalding went 5-0 to start the season, sweeping Centre (6-3, 6-0) in a double header and sweeping Sewanee (6-4, 4-3, 12-0) in a three-game series.

BASEBALL - HITTER
Principia College's Robbie Nickell, a senior from Minneapolis, Minn. (Robbinsdale Cooper), has been named the Diamond Sports Baseball Hitter of the Week for the week of February 20-26.

Nickell, an outfielder and left-handed batter, hit .714 in two games played last week, including .750 with runners in scoring position, and helped lead Principia to a sweep over Rust College. He went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, one double and one sacrifice in game one's 17-2 victory. Nickell then hit 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs in a 16-1 win.