Baseball

Schuster, Dino Named Baseball Players of the Week

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the baseball weekly honors on Monday, as Marywood University's Jake Schuster earned Player of the Week and Cabrini University's Brian Dino garnered Pitcher of the Week.

Player of the Week: 
Name: Jake Schuster
School: Marywood University
Class: Grad
Position: 1B
Hometown: Lansdale, PA
High School: North Penn
Brief Outlook of Week: Schuster batted .600 (9 for 15) during a 2-2 week for the Pacers (2-2 AEC). He had a double, two triples and a homerun during the four-game week with three RBI and five runs scored. In the field he had 25 putouts and two assists without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. Against Neumann Saturday (7-4 win), Schuster finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle.

 
Pitcher of the Week:
Name: Brian Dino
School: Cabrini University
Class: Freshman
Position: Pitcher
Hometown: Succasunna, NJ
High School: Morris Catholic
Brief Outlook of Week: Freshman Brian Dino pitched his first complete game of his career Saturday, a 4-3 AEC victory over Marymount. Dino allowed three runs on just five hits and four walks across 7.0 innings, striking out a Cavs season high nine batters in the process. Dino allowed just one hit over the final four innings en route to the aforementioned 4-3 win. Dino now owns a 2-0 record with one save on the season.


Weekly Honor Roll:
Mack McKisson (Senior/Cabrini): Senior Mack McKisson had an impressive weekend to lead the Cyclones to a perfect three wins over Marymount this weekend. The center fielder went 5-8 (.625) with four RBIs, five walks and four runs scored in the three game series. McKisson had a RBI-double, a single, two walks. While primarily playing center field, McKisson also pitched the final three innings on the mount in the 12-7 victory over the Saints. The senior threw three strikeouts and did not allow a hit to preserve the win.

Nate Campbell (Senior/Gwynedd Mercy): Campbell knocked in the Griffins first run of a 4-3 victory over Marywood University (Apr. 5) with a single down the right field line. He also led off the bottom of the seventh with a single to center field and eighth with a walk. He scored in the latter two at-bats. Campbell was also 2-for-4 with three-run home run in a 10-9 loss at Centenary University.

Nicholas Gattuso (Senior/Centenary): Gattuso's lone hit in Friday's win over Gwynedd Mercy proved to be huge. The senior hit an eighth inning one-out inside the park home run to the fence in right center. That run gave the Cyclones a 10-8 lead in what ended up being a 10-9 win. He finished the game going 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Gattuso's strong play in the outfield also led to a solid double play as he caught a fly ball in left and caught a runner off first.

Joseph Bruno (Sophomore/Marywood): Bruno went 1-1 on the week, striking out 14 including a 10-k performance at Neumann Saturday in a 7-4 win. The sophomore hurler is now 6-1 on the year. For the week, he pitched 11.2 innings and allowed nine hits.

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
Marcus White, Neumann & Jason Hughes, Immaculata - 3/28/22
Jon Fleck, Centenary & Jason Hughes, Immaculata - 4/4/22