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
Not only is Principia College of Elsah Illinois off to a 3-0 start but three Panther pitchers no-hit St. Louis Christian yesterday.
Luke Ball, Greg Ball and Robbie Nickell combined to throw the no-no as Principia went on to win 10-0.
Luke Ball earned the victory going five innings and striking out seven. Greg Ball pitched one inning and Robbie Nickell pitched the last two innings striking out three.
Alan Cheatham went 2-5 with 3 rbi's, Spencer Clevenger, Kit Banko and Alistair Brockmeyer went 2-3.
Principia is now 3-0 on the season and play Robert Morris on Thursday March 8th.
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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