Greg Ball and Jared Massengill were named St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball players of the week for the week ending March 18th.
Ball earned Diamond Sports Baseball Pitcher of the week throwing two complete games and recorded both victories of the week for Principia. Ball struck out 12 and gave up 3 earned runs in the two games. Greg is a Senior at Principia.
Greenville College's Massengill was named Diamond Sports Baseball Hitter of the Week. The Panther shortstop went 10-22 hitting .455 with three doubles and a home run. Jared is from Neoga, Illinois.
SLIAC Standings
Spalding 10-3-1
MacMurray 6-2
Principia 6-4
Webster 7-6
Fontbonne 3-6
Westminster 4-8
Blackburn 4-10
Greenville 2-10
Eureka 1-6
Senior outfielder Daniel Covert from Greenville College and freshman pitcher Luke Bell from Principia College earned the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Players of the Week award announced April 18th.
Covert, Weshclin High School, Trenton Illinois, hit .462 with 11 rbi's in four games last week. Covert went 5-6 with 8 rbi's against Westminster College, including a grand slam, a double and seven rbi's in game two of the doubleheader.
Bell, Orlando Florida, threw a complete game on 88 pitches against Blackburn College to earn Pitcher of the Week honors. Bell allowed one run on four hits while tying a single game record 11 strikeouts for Principia.
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The top returning players for Greenville College are based on 2010 final statistics.
Infielder Kenny Trager, at the plate Trager hit .368 with 7 doubles and 1 triple with a .494 on base average.
Infielder Kyle Hobar, batted .327 with 4 doubles and 3 triples in 42 games last season.
Infielder/Pitcher Wes Letizia, hit .375 in 8 at bats and made two appearances on the mound in 2010.
Infielder/Pitcher Scotty Voyles, went 1-1 in 5 appearances and batted .250 with 24 at bats last year.
Utility player Ryan Siddle, batted .333 in 8 games in 2010.
Greenville is coming off a second place finish (18-6) in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and an overall record of 28-14 last season.
Webster University's Cody Stevenson, a freshman outfielder from Centralia, Illinois, has been named the Diamond Sports SLIAC hitter of the week for the week ending May 2nd, 2010. Stevenson posted a .522 batting average last week going 12-23 at the plate with four doubles, a triple, six rbi's and 6-6 in stolen bases.
Matt Leefers, a senior from Greenville College, was named the Diamond Sports SLIAC baseball pitcher of the week for the week ending May 2nd, 2010. Matt pitched two complete games last week going 1-1, allowed no earned runs in 14 innings while giving up nine hits and striking out 14.
David Massengill from Greenville College has been named the Diamond Sports St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball player of the week for the week ending April 18th, 2010.
Massengill, a junior from Neoga, Illinois, hit .625 (10-16), scored seven runs, two doubles, a homer, three rbi's and 2 stolen bases in four games last week.
