Marist’s Lazar, Siena’s White, and Fairfield’s Guerrera Take Home MAAC Baseball Weekly Honors
Player of the Week
Anthony Lazar, Marist
Sr., Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd
Blasted three home runs in the last two games of the series sweep of Monmouth, including back-to-back dingers in Saturday's second game. Recorded a slash line of .500/.526/1.111 over four games with nine hits, four RBIs and two doubles. Tallied seven put outs and eight assists without an error.
Pitcher of the Week
Brendan White, Siena
Jr., Mahopac, NY/Mahopac
White tossed a complete game four-hit shutout Saturday against Fairfield. The junior righthander struck out eight in the seven-inning affair, while moving into a tie for the national lead with his fourth complete game. White recorded each of his first five strikeouts swinging, and only allowed one runner to reach third base in the contest in cooling off a red-hot Fairfield squad which had entered play winners of nine of their previous 10 highlighted by a 10-run outing in a victory over 22nd ranked UConn earlier in the week.
Rookie of the Week
Justin Guerrera, Fairfield
Fr., Watertown, CT/Watertown
Guerrera had a hit in all but one game in Fairfield's 4-1 week, ending his week with a team-high three hits against Siena. Guerrera also drove in two of Fairfield's four runs against the Saints on Sunday. He scored twice and drove in two against both No. 22 UConn and Yale.
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.