LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Senior outfielder Christian DeBlanc and senior pitcher Dwayne Snider from Texas Lutheran University have been named the inaugural SCAC Baseball Players of the Week of the 2014 season.
SCAC
HITTER-OF-THE-WEEK
Games of February 3rd – February 9th
CHRISTIAN
DeBLANC OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a senior
outfielder from Kingwood, Texas, has been selected the SCAC
Baseball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Saturday,
February 1st through Sunday, February 9th.
DeBlanc hit .500 for the weekend, scored two
runs, doubled and drove in five as the Bulldogs won all three games
over Chapman and 14th ranked Texas-Tyler to open the 2014
season.
DeBlanc also stole a pair of base and walked
twice. He posted a slugging percentage of .583 and an on-base
percentage of .571.
DeBlanc had three hits with an RBI against
Chapman. He drove in a pair of runs in each of the two wins against
Texas-Tyler.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Freshman outfielder
Chris Jones of Centenary batted .462 for the weekend while
leading the Gents in hits with six in the combined three games
including a double. Senior infielder Mark Carlson of
Dallas hit .521 over the last six games including three
triples and five RBIs to lead the Crusaders. Freshman outfielder Clayton Sparks of
Southwestern had an outstanding week offensively for the
Pirates not only hitting safely in all three games, but hitting at
a .500 clip going 6-for-12. Senior outfielder Pat Hirschberg of
Trinity went 6-13 (.462) with three runs and two RBI over
the three games, crushing two home runs. He also stole four
bases without getting caught over the three games. Schreiner did not nominate
anyone. Austin
College was idle.
SCAC
PITCHER-OF-THE-WEEK
Games of February 3rd – February 9th
DWAYNE SNIDER
OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a senior guard from
New Caney, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Baseball
Player-of-the-Week for games played from Saturday, February 1st
through Sunday, February 9th.
Snider took a no-hitter into the fifth inning
against 14th-ranked UT Tyler and came within a batter of tossing a
one-hit shutout. Texas Lutheran went on to defeat UT-Tyler 4-1.
Snider settled for 6-2/3 innings pitched with six
strikeouts, four walks and only allowing two hits to earn his first
win of the season en rout to a sweep of the Patriots and a 3-0
start.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore pitcher Paul
Arcement of Centenary picked up where he left off in 2013.
Last season’s SCAC Co-Freshman of the Year tossed seven
innings in the nightcap Sunday allowing just one run on six hits
with five punch-outs. Junior pitcher Martin Cronin of
Dallas pitched 9.2 innings en rout to a 1-1 record while
only allowing two earned runs and striking out nine in two starts.
Sophomore pitcher Teddy
Turner of Trinity recorded two saves in 3.2 innings of work,
allowing just one hit, and striking out three batters. He
came on with two men on and no outs in the ninth inning against
UT-Tyler, and finished off the save by inducing a game-ending
double play. Schreiner and Southwestern did not nominate
anyone. Austin
College was idle.
To view the entire SCAC Around the Horn, for week one, click here.