SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week - March 21
This week's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Players of the Week are Trey Tigart, from Webster University and Korie Vire, from Spalding University.
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SLIAC/DIAMOND SPORTS BASEBALL HITTER OF THE WEEK Korie Vire claims his second SLIAC/Diamond Sports Hitter of the Week award after putting together five multi-hit games last week and finishing the week with a .520 batting average. Vire, a senior from Georgetown, Ill., notched a hit in all six of his team's games, going 13-for-25 while driving in five and swiping six bases. Vire had a pair of three hit games on the week, going 3-for-5 against Texas Lutheran; and 3-for-5 against Blackburn. Vire finished with a .556 on-base percentage and scored eight runs. He drove in three of his team's six runs in a 6-0 win over Schreiner and swiped three bags in game one of a three game series against Blackburn. |
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SLIAC/DIAMOND SPORTS BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK Trey Tigart, a junior, claims this week's SLIAC/Diamond Sports Pitcher of the Week honors after helping his team pick up a conference win over Eureka College last week. Tigart worked six shut out innings in a 4-0 win over the Red Devils. He allowed just four hits in the game, walking none, and striking out 11 in notching the win. Tigart retired the first nine batters he faced as he picked up his first win of the year.
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Other Notables:
- Connor Coyne, Principia College (Baseball) - Coyne went 5-for-5 with two runs batted in during his team's 14-3 win over Alfred State.
- Sawyer Grow, Principia College (Baseball) - Grow picked up a win over Alfred State, going five innings and allowing just one run on five hits while striking out seven.
- Deion Hughes, Westminster College (Baseball) - Hughes made two starts last week, recording two wins and striking out 14 over 12 innings pitched.
- Jeff Kammer, Webster University (Baseball) - Kammer picked up two hits in both games of a double header sweep of Webster, driving in three and hitting one home run.