Baseball

White, Hughes Earn Baseball Players of the Week


LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the baseball weekly honors on Monday, as Neumann University's Marcus White earned Player of the Week and Immaculata University's Jason Hughes garnered Pitcher of the Week.

Player of the Week: 
Name: Marcus White
School: Neumann University
Class: Junior
Position: Infield
Hometown: Burlington, NJ
High School: Burlington
Brief Outlook of Week: White hit .692 (9-for-13) in four games as Neumann went 2-2 overall and 2-1 in Atlantic East action. The junior had two doubles and two homeruns, scored seven runs and knocked in seven. White also drew three walks and stole four bases.

 
Pitcher of the Week:
Name: Jason Hughes
School: Immaculata University
Class: Freshman
Position: Pitcher
Hometown: Warminster, PA
High School: William Tennent
Brief Outlook of Week: Freshman pitcher Jason Hughes put on a show on Saturday as he pitched seven innings of shutout baseball on the way to a 12-1 victory for the Mighty Macs. Hughes allowed four hits and three walks, striking out 10 batters, keeping the Griffins off-guard.


Weekly Honor Roll:
Paul Links (Senior/Centenary): Links hit .470 with 11 RBIs and four runs scored in four games for the Cyclones last week. Of his eight hits, two went for extra bases. He also walked twice and stole three bases. In the win over John Jay, Links matched his season-high with three hits, drove in a pair of runs, walked once and stole two bases. In Friday's Atlantic East opener at Marywood, Links tied his career-high with six RBIs as he had a bases clearing double and a three-run home run. Links' six RBIs are tied for fourth in single-game history at Centenary. In Saturday's comeback walkoff extra inning win over Marywood, Links was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. He drove in two runs in the bottom of the ninth and scored on the game-tying home run.

TJ Brasier (Senior/Gwynedd Mercy): Brasier was 6-for-18 (.333) including three solo home runs in the weekend doubleheader at Immaculata University. He also recorded four runs, a double, five RBI, and a stolen base.

Joey Wright (Junior/Immaculata): Junior third basemen Joey Wright put in a strong week of work for the Mighty Macs. On Tuesday, Wright went 2-for-3 with a home run, scoring two runs and four RBI while racking up three walks against Haverford. Then, on Saturday, Wright went a combined 4-for-8 across the Macs’ doubleheader against the Griffins, scoring four runs while tacking on six RBI across three extra base hits including one home run. Overall, Wright went 6-for-16 on the week with seven runs scored, 10 RBI, two home runs, two doubles, five walks, and one stolen base.

Jonathan Baker (Senior/Cabrini): Jonathan Baker pitched in one game this week and went 1-0 in eight innings of work on the mound. The senior earned the win with seven strikeouts in Cabrini’s Atlantic East Conference opener versus Neumann University. Baker’s performance stymied the Knights offense and allotted the Cavs the opportunity to pull ahead in the bottom of the fifth. He finished the day allowing just three hits and two earned runs. With seven strikeouts Baker also eclipsed the 100-career strikeouts plateau.

Will Hart (Senior/Neumann): Hart got the win in an 11-3 game against Cabrini in the first game of a doubleheader. The senior went 6.0 innings in the start and allowed three runs on 11 hits and struck out eight.

Previous Weekly Award Winners: 
Alex Lemery, Marymount & Pat Toal, Cabrini - 2/22/22
Ryo Fabre, Marymount & Kyle Lewis, Marymount - 2/28/22
Mack McKisson, Cabrini & Nick Guiro, Centenary - 3/3/22
Isaiah Payton, Immaculata & Tyler Quick, Marywood - 3/14/22
Josh Crowding, Immaculata & Brian Dino, Cabrini - 3/21/22