Monday, March 17, 2008

CHRISTIAN ROSA NAMED SAC BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum catcher Christian Rosa has been named the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Player of the Week announced league officials Monday. This marks the first time this season and third time in his career he has earned this honor.

Rosa, a 5-9 native of Puerto Rico, batted .667 to lead the Pioneers to a 5-1 record during the week. Rosa went 16-for-24 at the plate with four doubles, a triple and three home runs. He also scored 14 runs, drew five walks and struck out only once.

Rosa also went 10-for-13 (.769) in a South Atlantic Conference series win over Newberry.

Last Tuesday, he had quite a day in road wins at Stillman (9-0) and Montevallo (12-3). In the afternoon victory at Stillman, Rosa went 2-for-4, including a double and a home run. Later that night at Montevallo, he went 3-for-4, including two home runs.

In Tusculum’s 9-0 win over Newberry, Rosa was perfect on the day going 3-for-3, while also drawing a pair of walks. Rosa followed that with a 4-for-6 performance in a 12-inning loss to the Indians. In that game, he posted a pair of doubles and a triple. In the series finale, Rosa went 3-for-4 and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly as Tusculum prevailed 4-3.

Rosa is batting .448, including a 21-game hitting streak. Rosa has also reached base safely in his last 58 games, dating back to last season.

The SAC Baseball Player of the Week is selected by a vote of the league’s sports information directors.

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