Monday,
April 14, 2003
BLUE HOSE
SWEEP SAC BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ROCK HILL, S.C.
– Presbyterian College first baseman Matt
Warren (Lexington, S.C.) and staff ace Richard
Barkley (Sumter, S.C.) have given the Blue Hose a
sweep of the South Atlantic Conference’s Position Player and
Pitcher of the Week.
The
Blue Hose played just three games due to weather, but make the
most of the weekend, winning all three against SAC foe
Newberry College. The sweep vaulted PC into a second-place tie
in the league, a half-game out of the top spot with one
weekend left. The Blue Hose are 21-22 overall and enjoy an
11-6 SAC mark.
This
marks the fifth time a school has swept the Player of the Week
Honors and the second time Presbyterian has accomplished the
feat this season.
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Warren,
a preseason All-American selection, accounted for 14
runs over the weekend series against Newberry with
seven RBI and seven runs scored. The 6-2, 227-pound
senior hit his seventh and eighth homeruns of the
season and batted .429 last week with a 1.429 slugging
percentage. Warren also was three-for-three in stolen
bases. |
| Barkley, the 6-1 senior ace, led the Blue Hose to a 10-0 win in game one of the Newberry series sweep. Barkley, a preseason All-SAC and All-American selection, pitched nine solid innings while not allowing a walk and striking out nine Indian batters to pick up first shutout of the season. The former Lakewood High star has not given up an earned run in his last 30.2 innings of work and has only given up five earned runs in six SAC appearances. |
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Barkley
leads the SAC in wins with a 7-2 record, and also in ERA with
a 1.69 ERA. With his nine strikeouts he now has 75 total this
season.
The South
Atlantic Conference players of the week are determined by a
vote of the league’s eight Sports Information Directors.
| SAC SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK | ||
| Position Player | Date | Pitcher |
| Ricky Luttrell, INF, C-N | 2/3 | Zach Snyder, CAT |
| Doug Hering, C, TC | 2/10 | Brian Lovett, TC |
| Kevin White, OF, PC | 2/17 | Richard Barkley, PC |
| John Spencer, C, WU | 2/24 | Matt Fairweather, CAT |
| Guy O’Connell, 3B, TC | 3/3 | Eric Brown, WU |
| Matt Baker, 1B, CAT | 3/10 | Bobby Kenett, L-R |
| Gene Dotson, RF, NEW | 3/17 | Justin McLeymore, L-R |
| Travis Moore, 1B, NEW | 3/24 | Tyson Azevedo, NEW |
| Ricky Luttrell, C-N | 3/31 | Ryan West, C-N |
| Guy O’Connell, 3B, TC | 4/7 | Tyson Azevedo, NEW |
| Matt Warren, 1B, PC | 4/14 | Richard Barkley, PC |