Monday, April 28, 2003
Presbyterian pitcher Richard Barkley
named Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP
ROCK
HILL, S.C. -- Presbyterian College senior
pitcher Richard
Barkley, who threw a shutout in
the opening round, then came back on two days rest to pick up
the victory in the championship game, was named the Most
Valuable Player of the 2003 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Baseball Tournament.
Barkley (Sumter, S.C.) was
the only pitcher to get two wins in the tournament and only
the second pitcher to start two games for the weekend
(Catawba’s Chris
Abernathy being the second). Barkley lasted six innings in
the championship game and allowed five hits and four walks to
get his tenth win of the season (10-4). He struck out four
batters in his performance. He gave up five hits and struck
out seven in a 9-0 win over Newberry in the first round.
Joining Barkley on the
All-Tournament team from the champion Blue Hose were Kevin White, Tombo
Hite and Davis
Rice. White batted .500 for the tournament and shared
the lead with nine RBI. Rice hit .400 with five RBI, while
Hite hit .389.
Carson-Newman College
placed five members on the All-Tournament team: Ricky
Luttrell, Chris
Martin, John
Wallace, Nathan Gravley and Ryan West.
Luttrell also had nine RBI, while Martin led the tournament
with a .615 batting average. Gravley hit .412. Wallace had 13
strikeouts in a 3-0 win over Mars Hill, while West was the
winning pitcher in a 17-2 win over Catawba, where he struck
out six and did not allow a walk.
Tournament runner-up
Tusculum had four representatives on the All-Tournament team: Rob Bouman, Doug Hering, Aaron
Frye and Guy O’Connell. Bouman hit .400 with seven RBI, while Hering hit
.412. Frye hit .409 with six RBI. O‚Connell, the SAC Player
of the Year, had three home runs.
The final two members of
the All-Tournament team are from Catawba. Chad
Hill batted .529, while pitcher Zack
Snyder struck out a season-high 14 in a first-round 3-2
win over Tusculum.