BOSTON - Stony Brook continued playing great baseball with a three-game sweep of Albany over the weekend as the Seawolves have no won 20 of their last 24 since starting the season 3-7. UMass Lowell moved into second place in the conference standings, winning all three games on the road against Hartford, while UMBC won two of three against Maine. Here are the week 11 award winners:
Player of the Week
Casey Baker, Stony Brook
- Went eight-for-16 (.500) in a 4-0 week for the Seawolves including 7-for-11 in a three-game sweep of Albany to build a four-game lead in the conference standings.
- Six of his eight hits went for extra bases including four doubles a triple and a home run.
- Scored eight runs and drove in five, collecting at-least one RBI in each of the three games against the Great Danes.
- Also finished with a .500 on-base percentage while slugging 1.062.
Pitcher of the Week
Geoff DeGroot, UMass Lowell, Sr., P, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
- Earned his third win of the season in a complete-game effort against Hartford.
- Allowed only one run of four hits over nine innings.
- Struck out four in the outing and went through a stretch where he retired 12-straight batters.
Rookie of the Week
Andrew Ryan, UMass Lowell, Fr., Rochester, Mass.
- Threw a complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win over Hartford.
- Scattered five hits and walked two over nine innings.
- Also had a pair of strikeouts in his first win of the season.
Notes
- Over the past two seasons, Stony Brook has lost just one conference series of 14 total. They have won 12 of those and split one. The Seawolves are 12-2 in the America East and have won all five conference series this year.
- Eight of the 40 conference games have been walk-offs. 12 games have also been decided in extra innings and 11 have been won in a team's final at-bat.
- Binghamton's Jake Thomas leads the conference with a .371 bating average.
- UMBC's Conrad Wozniak leads the America East with a 1.28 ERA in eight appearances.
Weekly Awards
Feb. 17 - Player of the Week: Jake Thomas, Binghamton; Pitcher of the Week: Tyler Honahan, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Andruw Gazzola, Stony Brook
Feb. 24 - Player of the Week: Danny Mendick, UMass Lowell; Pitcher of the Week: Kyle Gauthier, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Teddy Rodliff, Stony Brook
March 3 - Player of the Week: Hunter Dolshun, UMBC; Pitcher of the Week: Sam McKay, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Shawn Blake, Albany
March 10 - Player of the Week: Shane Bussey, Maine; Pitcher of the Week: Conrad Wozniak, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Danny Diaz, Maine
March 17 - Player of the Week: Reed Gamache, Binghamton; Pitcher of the Week: Joe Vanderplas, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Andruw Gazzola, Stony Brook
March 23 - Player of the Week: Andrew Casali, UMBC; Pitcher of the Week: Joey Moore, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Brady Zinda, UMBC
March 30 - Co-Players of the Week: Jack Parenty, Stony Brook & Anthony Gatto, UMBC; Pitcher of the Week: Tyler Honahan, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Matt Chanin, UMBC
April 7 - Player of the Week: Toby Handley, Stony Brook; Co-Pitchers of the Week: Stephen Woods, Albany & Cameron Stone, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Teddy Rodliff, Stony Brook
April 13 - Player of the Week: Zach Blanden, Binghamton; Pitcher of the Week: Tyler Honahan, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Ben Bengston, Hartford
April 20 - Player & Rookie of the Week: Shawn Blake, Albany; Pitcher of the Week: Kevin Veilleux, UMass Lowell
April 27 - Player of the Week: Casey Baker, Stony Brook; Pitcher of the Week: Geoff DeGroot, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Andrew Ryan, UMass Lowell