Manhattan’s Cimillo and Quinnipiac’s Enns Collect MAAC Baseball Weekly Honors
Player & Rookie of the Week
Nick Cimillo, Manhattan
Fr., Airmont, NY/Suffern
Cimillo hit safely in all three games last weekend at George Washington, while batting a blistering .636 (7-of-11) with a double, home run, four runs and three RBI. The first-year Jasper also drew four walks in posting a .733 OBP with a 1.000 slugging percentage. He reached base safely in all five at-bats in the opener, finishing up 4-for-4 with a double, walk, run and an RBI. In game two, Cimillo hit a solo home run while drawing a free pass. In the finale, the freshman went 2-for-4 with two walks, two runs and an RBI. Cimillo is hitting .444 (16-of-36) with eight runs, one double, two home runs, six RBI and five walks.
Pitcher of the Week
Chris Enns, Quinnipiac
Gr., Canton, CT/Canton
Enns took a perfect game into the sixth inning on Saturday in his third start of the season. The graduate student finished the game with a career-high 10 strikeouts and allowed just one run on two hits. Enns perfect game bid was the longest by a Bobcat since Thomas Jankins took a perfect game into the seventh and a no-hitter into the eighth against Iona on April 16, 2016.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.