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Patriot League Weekly Awards - 5.4.15

May 4, 2015

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- The Patriot League announced its weekly awards for April 27-May 3 in baseball and softball on Monday.

Patriot League Baseball Weekly Awards

CORVIAS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ANTHONY CRITELLI, HOLY CROSS
So., 1B, Holmdel, N.J.
Critelli had a pair of two-hit games to help Holy Cross to impressive mid-week victories over Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Crusaders won 7-4 at home against the Minutemen on Tuesday with Critelli going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored. The sophomore first baseman followed it up by going 2-for-2 with a run scored and two RBIs as Holy Cross won 8-7 at Connecticut on Wednesday. He went 4-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored in the two games, and finishes the regular season hitting .315 with four home runs and 36 RBIs.

CORVIAS PITCHER OF THE WEEK
ALEX ROBINETT, ARMY WEST POINT
Sr., P, Bend, Ore.
Robinett closed out his career with an amazing performance as he set a school and Patriot League record with 21 strikeouts while going the full nine innings in an 8-0 shutout of Air Force on Friday. Robinett allowed just three hits and did not walk a batter. His final five outs of the night came via the strikeout as he surpassed the previous school and League record of 17 strikeouts set twice by Steve Reich in 1992 and 1993. Robinett had at least two strikeouts in every inning and struck out the side three times. He threw his eighth complete game of the season and 14th in his career. Robinett finishes sixth in the Patriot League career record book in wins (22), third in strikeouts (281) and seventh in ERA (2.57),

CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
JOHN CAIN, LAFAYETTE
Fr., P, Middletown, N.Y.
Cain did not allow an earned run over six innings of work to pick up the victory in a 10-1 win over NJIT to close the regular season on Sunday. He gave up four hits and two walks while striking out five and permitting only an unearned run. Cain earned his first collegiate victory and lowered his ERA for the season from 4.24 to 3.60.

Honorable Mention

JACEN NALESNIK, LEHIGH So., OF, Lehighton, Pa.
Nalesnik was 8-for-12 (.667) with six runs scored and three RBIs in three wins for Lehigh.

DAVID BEDNAR, LAFAYETTE So., P, Valencia, Pa.
Bednar gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with 11 strikeouts over seven innings in an 8-2 win against NJIT on Saturday.

TIM LAZOR, LAFAYETTE Sr., DH/C, Newtown, Pa.
Lazor was 7-for-14 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored in four games for the Leopards.

BRAD BOROSAK, NAVY Sr., 2B, Jupiter, Fla.
Borosak went 3-for-7 with three runs scored and two RBIs in a pair of wins for Navy last week.

Patriot League Softball Weekly Awards

CORVIAS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
EMILY JARVIS, HOLY CROSS
Jr., OF, Hopkinton, Mass.
Jarvis went 7-for-10 (.700 BA) to help power the Crusaders to a three-game sweep of Lafayette and finish with their best Patriot League mark since 2011. The junior counted a double and two home runs among her seven hits while scoring twice and driving in five. With two outs in the bottom of the 8th inning of game one against the Leopards, Jarvis hit a walk-off home run to give Holy Cross a 5-4 win and then hit her fourth of the season in a 4-3 victory later in the day.

CORVIAS PITCHER OF THE WEEK
CHRISTINE CAMPBELL, LEHIGH
So., P, San Diego, Calif.
Campbell threw her first no-hitter and the 13th in program history since 2004 in an 11-0 win Saturday over Colgate. The sophomore came back the following day and limited the Raiders to two hits in an 8-1 victory in the regular season finale. For the weekend, Campbell did not allow an earned run and picked up her fourth shutout of the season.

CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
TAYLOR MOSS, HOLY CROSS
Fr., Howard Beach, N.Y.
Moss contributed greatly in two of the Crusaders three wins over Lafayette in the final series of the season. In a 4-3 win over the Leopards in the nightcap on Wednesday, the freshman delivered an RBI single to right field to plate the winning run. On Sunday, Moss' three-run home run in the third inning proved to be the difference in a 4-1 win against Lafayette.

Honorable Mention

AMANDA FAZIO, BUCKNELL Jr., P, Chatham, N.J.
Fazio allowed one earned run over eight innings, to record a pair of wins as the Bison swept Boston University.

CYDNEE SANDERS, BUCKNELL Sr., SS, Magnolia, Texas
Sanders became Bucknell's all-time hits leader with 209 as she went 4-for-9 and drove in five runs in a sweep of Boston University.

GENNIFER DURHAM, HOLY CROSS Jr., P, Abbeville, S.C.
Durham registered all three wins as the Crusaders swept three games from Lafayette to end the regular season.

ALEXIS WATANABE, LEHIGH Jr., 2B, San Marino, Calif.
Watanabe had at least two hits in each game of a series sweep at Colgate. The junior was 8-for-11 (.727 BA) and scored four times while driving in two.