BOSTON - America East baseball teams prepare for the final week of the regular-season with still two tournament spots up for grabs. Stony Brook clinched its fourth regular-season title in the last five years after sweeping UMass Lowell, while UMBC clinched its first tournament appearance since 2008 with a sweep of Albany. Maine also earned an important series sweep of Binghamton to keep its hopes alive in the tournament hunt. Here are the week 13 award winners with each of the team's that picked-up sweeps earning an honor:
Player of the Week
Kevin Stypulkowski, Maine, Jr., Catcher, Lake Worth, Fla.
- Helped Maine to an important three-game sweep of Binghamton.
- Went 5-for-9 in the series (.556 average) with two home runs, two doubles and six RBI.
- Finished with a .636 on-base percentage and a league-best 1.444 slugging percentage.
- Registered at-least one RBI and one run scored in each of the three games.
- Started the series going 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI.
- Went 1-for-2 with an RBI, a run scored, a double and a walk in game two.
- Finished the series with his best game of the week, going 2-for-3 with two home runs, two runs scored and three RBI.
Pitcher of the Week
Ryley MacEachern, Stony Brook, So., Pitcher, Saugus, Mass.
- Tossed seven shutout innings to pick-up the win vs. UMass Lowell.
- Allowed only one hit and one walk while striking out five.
Rookie of the Week
Jamie Switalski, UMBC, Fr., 1B/P, Gibsonia, Pa.
- Went 7-for-9 at the plate in a three-game sweep of Albany as UMBC clinched a spot in the America East Championship.
- Finished with a .778 batting average, .846 on-base percentage and a 1.222 slugging percentage to lead all freshmen last week.
- Started the weekend going 3-for-4 with five RBI, two runs scored, a home run and a double.
- Ended the weekend with a 4-for-4 performance with a run scored.
Notes
- Stony Brook clinched its fourth America East regular-season title in the last five years and will be the No. 1 seed in the America East Championship May 21-24 in Lowell, Mass.
- UMBC reached 30 wins for the first time since 2002 and clinched its first America East tournament appearnace since 2008.
- Maine has won seven of their last nine games.
- Maine's Luke Morrill is on a 15-game hitting streak while Brenden Geary has currently hit safely in 12 games.
- UMBC's Anthony Gatto became the program's all-time steals leader with 49.
- The Retrievers have their most strikeouts as a staff in a single-season in program history.
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
May 4 - Player of the Week: Scott Heath, Maine; Pitcher of the Week: Cameron Sorgie, Albany; Justin Courtney, Maine
May 11 - Player of the Week: Kevin Stypulkowski, Maine; Pitcher of the Week: Ryley MacEachern, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jamie Switalski, UMBC