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Wesneski, Contreras sweep WAC Player of the Week honors
3/14/2022 12:44:00 PM | Baseball
Courtesy: WAC
DENVER – Sam Houston's Carlos Contreras and Cole Wesneski have been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 7 – March 13.
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Contreras, a junior outfielder from El Paso, Texas, takes honors for the second week in a row after going 8-for-10 with three walks in a three-game sweep of Tarleton. In addition to his eight hits, he finished the weekend with eight RBIs, five runs scored and a pair of stolen bases, boasting an .800 batting average, .857 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage.
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Wesneski, a senior right-hander from Cypress, Texas, used just 91 pitches to strike out 10 over seven innings to earn the win on Friday night against Tarleton. Making a spot start, he battled through cold temperatures and significant winds to finish the night with four runs, just two earned, on six hits and no walks.Â
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Other Hitter of the Week nominees: California Baptist's David Martin was 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the Lancers' series-clinching win at Utah Valley on Sunday … Dixie State's Will Chambers batted .455 with three runs scored in the Trailblazers' series win at Sacramento State … Grand Canyon's Juan Colato had multiple hits in four-of-five games, finishing the week with a .500 batting average … Lamar's Josh Blakenship was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in Saturday's series-clinching win at Stephen F. Austin … UT Rio Grande Valley's Brett Cain had his second-career three-hit game in a 4-0 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Utah Valley's Mitch Moralez extended his hitting streak to 11 games and hit .429 on the week in games against UNLV and California Baptist.
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Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: California Baptist's Ryan Delgado was strong over two appearances in relief, earning the save on Saturday in a 6-0 win at Utah Valley … Dixie State's Brett Porthan picked up his third win of the season, striking out four and allowing three earned runs on seven hits over 5.0 innings in an 18-7 victory at Sacramento State … Grand Canyon's Hunter Omlid struck out four and only allowed one unearned run over six innings in a no-decision against CSUN on Tuesday … Lamar's Braxton Douthit earned his third win of the season, striking out seven and walking two with one run allowed on four hits over 5.0 innings in a 2-1 win at Stephen F. Austin … NM State's Ian Mejia scattered five hits over eight innings with six strikeouts and a walk to earn the victory in a 9-0 shutout of Seattle U on Sunday … Seattle U's Peter Chronowski picked up the win on Saturday at NM State, striking out eight and allowing three runs on six hits over eight innings to earn the victory … UT Rio Grande Valley's Colten Davis retired nine straight and finished with six strikeouts and five hits allowed over 6.2 scoreless innings in a win at Abilene Christian … Utah Valley's Coop Rust took the hill twice, earning the win in relief at UNLV before going four innings in a no-decision against California Baptist on Saturday.
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DENVER – Sam Houston's Carlos Contreras and Cole Wesneski have been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 7 – March 13.
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Contreras, a junior outfielder from El Paso, Texas, takes honors for the second week in a row after going 8-for-10 with three walks in a three-game sweep of Tarleton. In addition to his eight hits, he finished the weekend with eight RBIs, five runs scored and a pair of stolen bases, boasting an .800 batting average, .857 on-base percentage and 1.000 slugging percentage.
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Wesneski, a senior right-hander from Cypress, Texas, used just 91 pitches to strike out 10 over seven innings to earn the win on Friday night against Tarleton. Making a spot start, he battled through cold temperatures and significant winds to finish the night with four runs, just two earned, on six hits and no walks.Â
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Other Hitter of the Week nominees: California Baptist's David Martin was 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the Lancers' series-clinching win at Utah Valley on Sunday … Dixie State's Will Chambers batted .455 with three runs scored in the Trailblazers' series win at Sacramento State … Grand Canyon's Juan Colato had multiple hits in four-of-five games, finishing the week with a .500 batting average … Lamar's Josh Blakenship was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in Saturday's series-clinching win at Stephen F. Austin … UT Rio Grande Valley's Brett Cain had his second-career three-hit game in a 4-0 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Utah Valley's Mitch Moralez extended his hitting streak to 11 games and hit .429 on the week in games against UNLV and California Baptist.
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Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: California Baptist's Ryan Delgado was strong over two appearances in relief, earning the save on Saturday in a 6-0 win at Utah Valley … Dixie State's Brett Porthan picked up his third win of the season, striking out four and allowing three earned runs on seven hits over 5.0 innings in an 18-7 victory at Sacramento State … Grand Canyon's Hunter Omlid struck out four and only allowed one unearned run over six innings in a no-decision against CSUN on Tuesday … Lamar's Braxton Douthit earned his third win of the season, striking out seven and walking two with one run allowed on four hits over 5.0 innings in a 2-1 win at Stephen F. Austin … NM State's Ian Mejia scattered five hits over eight innings with six strikeouts and a walk to earn the victory in a 9-0 shutout of Seattle U on Sunday … Seattle U's Peter Chronowski picked up the win on Saturday at NM State, striking out eight and allowing three runs on six hits over eight innings to earn the victory … UT Rio Grande Valley's Colten Davis retired nine straight and finished with six strikeouts and five hits allowed over 6.2 scoreless innings in a win at Abilene Christian … Utah Valley's Coop Rust took the hill twice, earning the win in relief at UNLV before going four innings in a no-decision against California Baptist on Saturday.
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