NATHAN MALINOVSKY OF TEXAS LUTHERAN, a senior right-hander from New Braunfels, Texas, has been named the SCAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played from Monday, April 1 through Sunday, April 7.

Malinovsky struck out a career-high 13 in a 9-2 victory over Southwestern on Friday nights, moving into second place on the SCAC’s all-time strikeout list with 314. The Texas native allowed just one earned run in the victory, his 31st career win as a Bulldog. Malinovsky tossed a complete game in which he scattered nine hits and walked just one batter. He is one win away from tying both TLU’s and the SCAC mark for career victories.

Other Outstanding Performances:

Sophomore RHP Austin Smith picked up the lone win for Southwestern last week in the series opener with Texas Lutheran, striking out 11 in a complete game. Trinity sophomore RHP Corey Carter tallied 11 strikeouts through eight innings of work in the Tigers’ game two win over Austin College. Junior LHP Conrad Voss of Dallas earned the game two victory over Thomas More as he sat eight batters through seven innings of work. Centenary sophomore RHP Connor Cudd collected saves in all three games against Schreiner over the weekend, allowing just one earned run in a combined 5.1 innings of work.