NDSU's Nutzhorn, ORU's Serrano Capture Baseball Honors
PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
Eric
Nutzhorn, Jr., 3B
Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan/Lethbridge College
Nutzhorn
claims Player of the Week honors after leading North Dakota State
with a .533 average on the week in a four-game series against
Murray State. He tallied the game-winning RBI in Saturday's 8-3 win
and hit a three-run go-ahead homer in Sunday's loss. For the week,
Nutzhorn had nine RBI, four runs scored, three doubles and a home
run.
Also
nominated: Michael Tompkins, Centenary; Shaun VanDriessche, IPFW;
Rob Merkle, Oakland; Tyler Garewal, Oral Roberts; Billy Stitz,
South Dakota State; Ray Wright, Southern Utah; Andrew Hagins,
Western Illinois.
PITCHER
OF THE WEEK
Mark
Serrano, Sr., RHP
Downey,
Calif./Cypress College
Serrano
captures the Pitcher of the Week award for the second time this
season. In the win over No. 7 Rice, he allowed only one run in 2.2
innings of relief work, striking out three batters. Against Notre
Dame, he came on with two on and two outs and help get ORU out of
the jam. For the week, Serrano pitched 3.0 innings, giving up only
one run, two hits and striking out three.
Also
nominated: Justin Kraft, Centenary; John Straka, North Dakota
State; Dan Augustine, Oakland; Jacob Noyes, Southern Utah; Ryan
Cheek, Western Illinois.
