ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Conner Combs (Niagara/East Texas Baptist University) earned New York Collegiate Baseball League Player of the Week while Nate Verst (Kentucky Wesleyan) grabbed Pitcher of the Week honors.
It was going to take a lot to keep Nate Ippolito and Marty Napleton amongst others from winning this award, but Combs (East Texas Baptist U) delivered just that (4 G | 10-for-16 | 7R | 1 BB | 3 2B | 4 RBI |.625 AVG | .684 OBP | .813 SLG | 1.497 OPS). In addition to his other worldly slash line of .625/.684/.813 he recorded six putouts and 13 assists in the field at shortstop. His contributions on offense supplied 11 of Niagara’s 33 runs scored on the week (33%).
Verst (Kentucky Wesleyan) was the tough-luck no decision earner in both of his starts this week (2 GS (0-0) | 13.0 IP | 5H | 0R | 5 BB | 14 K | 0.00 ERA | 0.77 WHIP | BAA .119 | OOBP .229), keeping his record at 0-0 this year though it was through no fault of his own. The righty did not allow a single run in 13IP, and struck out 14 to produce a K/9 of 9.69. Even more impressive was the fact he allowed a total of just five walks and five hits against the 48 batters he faced.
Honorable Mention
Jake Bass (Hornell/ Newberry) 7-18/ .389/ 1 3B/ 7RBI/ 5R/ 3SB/ OBP .522
Brian Bilello (Syracuse Salt Cats/Concordia) .400 AVG/ 1.205 OPS/ 2 2B/ 3B/ HR/ 7 RBI.
Isaac Dillard (Olean/Gulf Coast CC) .429/ 6 H/ 1 R
Michael DiViesti (Rochester/Butler) .467/ 7-15/ 12B/ 4 RBI/ 1 BB
Nick Ippolito (Genesee/Cal State – Stanislaus) .417/ 3B/ 5R/ *20-game hitting streak
Jensen Kirch (Wellsville/Wabash) 7.1 IP/ 3ER/ 4K/ 1BB
Zach Krider (Oneonta/ USC-Upstate) .556 AVG/ 5-9/ 2 2B/ 6RBI/3R/ .636 OBP
Cory Poplawski (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/ Salve Regina) 8IP/ 0R/ 4H/ 10K/ 0BB
Mitch Powers (Geneva Twins/So. New Hampshire) 9IP/ 1R/ 12K/ 1BB
Harry Roberson (Geneva Red Wings/ Amherst Col.) .348/ .444 OBP / 3 RBI/ 4 R/ SB
Mitch Sloan (Sherrill/Ft. Scott CC) .462 /6H/12B/1 HR/3RBI/5BB/2SB/4R
Honor Roll
Michael Adams (Oneonta/U of Albany), Vince Apicella (Geneva Red Wings/ Carson-Newman), Nick Banman (Sherrill/Ft. Scott CC), Connor Bowie (Sherrill/Mt. Aloysius), Ryan Broaderick (Niagara/LaGrange College), Thomas Burke (Syracuse Salt Cats/Concordia), Kenny Collins (Wellsville/Hamilton), Dan Crozier (Genesee/Cazenovia), Matt Eastman (Geneva Red Wings/ St. Bonaventure), Shae Edmonds (Cortland/ Howard Payne), Scott Eisenmenger (Wellsville/St. John Fisher), Tim Gurnow (Rochester/Southwest Baptist), David “Bubba” Hollins (Olean/St. Petersburg Coll), Zack Krivda (Hornell/Penn State Behrend), Sam Kysor (Olean/ USC-Upstate), Breton LaRose (Genesee/Sacred Heart), Troy Montemayor (Hornell/Baylor), Marty Napleton (Geneva Twins/ St. Joseph’s Coll), Christopher Pennell (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/St. Thomas Aquinas), Jessep Polk (Niagara/North Greenville University), Trevor Putzig (Oneonta/Tennessee Tech University), Kevin Reckart (Geneva Twins/Wooster), Chris Rupprecht (Cortland/Neumann), Shane Soria (Rochester/Westmont), Lucas Tevlin (Syracuse Salt Cats/Binghamton), Shane Trevino (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/IPFW).
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