SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week - May 2
This week's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Players of the Week are: Deion Hughes, from Westminster College and Trevor Montgomery, from Greenville College.
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SLIAC/DIAMOND SPORTS BASEBALL HITTER OF THE WEEK Trevor Montgomery is the SLIAC/Diamond Sports Hitter of the Week after helping the Panthers to an important double header sweep of Fontbonne University last weekend. Montgomery, a senior from Vandalia, Ill., went 5-for-7 in the two games, hitting two home runs with five runs batted in. In game one Montgomery went 1-for-3 with a two run home run that helped guide Greenville to a 4-3 win. In game two Montgomery went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI, including putting the Panthers on the board in their 7-2 win. Montgomery added a walk and finished the week with a 1.571 slugging percentage. |
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SLIAC/DIAMOND SPORTS BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE WEEK Deion Hughes, is the SLIAC/Diamond Sports Pitcher of the Week after recording his 10th win of the season in game two of a three game series against Iowa Wesleyan. Hughes worked five innings in the game, allowing no runs and just three hits while striking out five. Hughes retired the final six batters he faced. Hughes currently leads the SLIAC in wins and is first in complete games and shutouts while ranking second in earned-run average and fourth in strikeouts.
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Other Notables:
- Austin Earnest, Fontbonne Univeristy (Baseball) Tallied 16 strikeouts in two apperances last week, recording one win.
- Matt Mokriakow, Blackburn College (Baseball) Went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a home run in a game one win over Fontbonne.
- Blake Strebler, Westminster College (Baseball) Hit .667 on the week including a 3-for-3 game with four RBI in game one against Blackburn.
- Ray Vogel, Eureka College (Baseball) Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and five RBI, including a home run, in a 10-1 win over Lincoln Christian.