Speckmann, Olver & Pagano Garner MAAC Baseball Weekly Honors

Speckmann, Olver & Pagano Garner MAAC Baseball Weekly Honors

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MAAC Player of the Week

MATT SPECKMANN, SAINT PETER'S

Sr., INF., 6-4, 200, Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West

In the Peacocks first win of the season, senior infielder Matt Speckmann achieved his second multi-hit game in as many tries. Speckmann was instrumental in the Peacocks' 9-2 win over Coppin State on Sunday; finishing the night at 3-for-4. Two of his hits were doubles allowing him to achieve a 1.250 slugging percentage. The second basemen drove in a third of Saint Peter's runs and scored two

MAAC Pitcher Player of the Week

KYLE OLVER, NIAGARA

Fr., RHP, 6-6, 175, Vancouver, B.C./Prince of Whales Secondary School

The towering righty started the first game of his collegiate career on Friday against Tennessee Tech and made it one to remember, pitching nine innings, giving up only two runs and striking out six on the way to a 4-2 win. Olver retired the first four batters he faced, with that fifth batter getting the only hit freshman surrendered in the first five innings.  The fourth inning was an unconventional one-two-three inning as he struck out the first two batters before hitting the third batter up, only to pick him off at first to end the inning.  The fifth was more conventional, with a strikeout and two groundouts. His dominance continued late in the game as he gave up one hit in the eighth before retiring the side in the ninth with a strikeout looking, a groundout, and a swinging strikeout.  Olver's final line for the afternoon was two runs on four hits, with three walks and six strikeouts over an even nine innings to get the win.

MAAC Rookie of the Week

MATT PAGANO, MARIST

Fr., OF/1B, 5-11, 170, Cranston, R.I./Bridgton Academy

Pagano hit .600 (3-for-5) with a run scored, a stolen base, a walk and a sacrifice bunt in Marist's two games this past week, a doubleheader at Charleston Southern on Sunday. In the first game, he went 1-for-2 with a walk. In the second game, he was 2-for-3 with a run scored, stolen base and a sacrifice. He led off the fifth inning with a single, and came around to score the eventual winning run on a successful squeeze bunt. He also had three putouts in the two games, and did not commit an error.