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CBF NATIONAL HONOR ROLL ‘PLAYERS OF THE WEEK’ LUBBOCK, Texas--For week of: March 13, 2007 www.collegebaseballfoundation.org T. J. Hose, East Carolina, P – The junior scattered three hits over seven innings as the Pirates downed No. 7 Cal State Fullerton, 6-1, last Friday in Greenville, N.C. It was ECU’s first win over a Top 10 entry since 2005, as Hose allowed one run, struck out six and walked three. The only run he allowed was earned as he received his second consecutive Honor Roll mention. Justin Henry, Ole Miss, 2B – The junior led the Rebels at the plate, as Ole Miss took a two-game set from Austin Peay, and 3-game series from #23 UCLA, with five runs and seven RBI in five clashes. He batted 14-of-22, and posted five multiple hit games (at least two hits in each game), including a 4-for-4 performance in Sunday’s series clinching win over the Bruins. Henry hit .714 against the Bruins, going 10-for-14 versus the Uclan. Adrian Alaniz, Texas, P – The junior pitched a complete-game shutout to lead the Longhorns to a, 10-0, win over Miami (Ohio) Saturday in Austin. Alaniz (5-1) scattered two hits, and only allowed four base runners on the day, as one RedHawk reached on an error and another was hit by a pitch. He fanned seven over nine innings, as it was UT's first complete-game shutout since May, 2005. Jeff Tezak, Nebraska, 3B – The junior hit .727 (8-for-11) over the weekend with a home run, two doubles, three RBI and a slugging percentage of 1.182, helping his team to a series win over No. 22 Alabama. He opened the weekend with six consecutive hits, including 5-for-5 with a homer and two RBI, in Saturday’s, 4-3, come-from-behind win over the Tide’s preseason All-American Tommy Hunter. Wily Fox, Wake Forest, INF – The junior had a hit in all five games last week, including two walk-off, game-winning hits. On Friday, he became the first player this season to hit a homer off Cavalier pitcher Sean Doolittle as the Demon Deacons picked up an, 8-3, victory over No. 4 Virginia. He also singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth for a, 7-6, win over the Cavs on Sunday. The Arizona State transfer finished with a team-best average of .478 for the week, and also led the team in hits (11), RBI (8), slugging percentage (.826) and on-base percentage (.500). David Price, Vanderbilt, P – The big lefthander struck out 16 UIC batsmen (one shy of his career high for whiffs of 17 against Arkansas last year) in a four-hit, 2-1, VU victory over the Flames to extend a school-record winning streak to 16 games. He also raised his career Ks’ total of 304 – second in VU annals behind Mike Willis – and it was his second complete game in a row, after he whiffed 13 in a CG win over Xavier (Ohio) on Mar. 3 in Nashville. Brandon Godfrey, Long Beach State, 1B – The junior batted .667 over the week, going 10-for-15 with four runs and four RBIs, in a series win over Arizona State. He also struck out just once, and had a five- hit day in the series clinching victory on Sunday, while driving in three runs. He also had two hits in the team's, 8-7, win on Saturday, and belted three hits in the opener against ASU with a sacrifice bunt. Jay Monti, Sacred Heart, P - The 2005 NEC Pitcher of the Year tossed a complete-game, two-hit shutout on Saturday, as Sacred Heart downed five-time defending Big East champion Notre Dame, 3-0. He struck out four and did not issue a walk. Monti was perfect other than allowing a first-inning double to Jeremy Barnes and a seventh inning single to Mike Dury. The senior has now pitched 19 innings this spring without permitting an earned run. P.O. Box 6507 Lubbock, Texas 79493-6507 www.CollegeBaseballFoundation.org Andrew Carignan, North Carolina, P – The Tar Heel closer saved all three of UNC’s wins over No. 11 Miami last weekend, as UNC earned its first-ever three-game sweep of the Hurricanes. He retired seven of the eight batters he faced, including two via strikeout, while allowing just one walk and no hits. It marked the first time that the junior had saved three games in a single weekend series, and he is now fourth all-time at UNC with 20 career saves. In 2007, he has five saves and owns a 1.80 ERA. Brett Featherston, Northern Iowa, 1B - The junior hit 5-of-11 (.455) while helping the Panthers go 2-1 through their first three games of their spring break trip to Florida, notching a 1.091 slugging percentage after tallying 12 total bases in 11 at-bats. He already has five home runs on the season, just one shy of his team-leading total of a year ago. On the season, he is hitting .318 with a .682 slugging percentage and .467 on-base mark. Jordan Dodson, Rice, OF – The junior hit .375 with seven RBI at the Whataburger Classic, earning MVP honors, but he did a little bit of everything. He had a home run and a double for a .875 slugging mark, and drew two walks for a .500 on-base percentage, with a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly. Colt Hynes, Texas Tech, P – The senior logged his first complete game of the season on Sunday to lead Tech past No. 23 TCU, 4-1. He allowed one run on six hits and did not walk a batter in nine innings. His 11 strikeouts marked a career-high for the lefty. His previous was six last year against Missouri. Bryan Henry, Florida State, P – The senior tossed a season-high eight innings, shutting out the Indiana Hoosiers to earn his fifth win in six starts. Henry did not allow a Hoosier to reach third and allowed just three runners to get to second base. He struck out seven batters and did not issue a walk for the second straight game. He has given up just four walks all year while striking out 34. Eric Farris, LMU, 2B – The junior led the Lions to a 3-1 record last week including a pair of road wins over then-No. 28 ranked Tulane. He batted .474 (9-for-19) with six runs scored, three RBI, and two doubles over the four games. The infielder also stole five bases on the week, and went 7-for-10 (.700) in the leadoff spot during the Lions’ two wins over the Green Wave. David Newmann, Texas A&M, P - Newmann allowed one run on five hits and struck out nine in a complete-game effort to lead the Aggies past Florida, 7-1, last Friday night in the first game of a three- game sweep. Newmann (3-0) allowed UF’s only run in the first on a RBI groundout. After a two-out double by Jonathan Pigott in the fourth, Newmann retired 14 straight Gator hitters until issuing a one-out walk in the ninth. That runner was erased on a double play to end the game. Derek Shunk, Villanova, 3B - Had 12 hits with a batting average of .632 in four games, with a pair of four hit games, while collecting four RBI and one home run. He also is riding a career-best 10-game hitting streak and needs just 21 more hits to break into the school’s all-time top 10 career rankings. Matt Angle, Ohio State, SS – Angle was 5-for-6 in the Buckeyes’, 3-2, win over North Florida last Friday and ended the Kennel Club Classic with a 7-for-12 (.583) weekend, as the Buckeyes swept UNF, Western Michigan and Connecticut in Jacksonville, Florida. Marc Rzepczynski, UC Riverside, P - In UCR’s mid-week contest at No. 20 USC, the senior tossed his first complete-game to guide the Highlanders to a, 4-1, win. He improved to (4-0) on the season after striking out six and allowing just one run in Tuesday night’s showdown. Last week’s performance lowered his ERA to a team-leading 2.52. Brian Rike, OF and Albie Goulder, 1B, Louisiana Tech – Rike hit .368 (7-19), with three home runs and nine RBI over five games last week. The junior scored a total of eight runs and extended his current hitting streak to nine games. He leads the WAC in home runs (12), hits (35), runs (37), stolen bases (9) and RBI (35). Goulder had a career day yesterday, assaulting Lamar pitching in a road doubleheader win. In game one, he had a career-high 7 RBIs and hit 3-for-4, with a two-run home run, a two-run single and three-run double in a, 12-9, win. The junior was solid in Game 2 as well, hitting 3-for-4, with one RBI and three runs in a, 16-2, victory. P.O. Box 6507 Lubbock, Texas 79493-6507 www.CollegeBaseballFoundation.org Kiki Vazquez, UCF, 1B – The sophomore recorded at least one hit in every game last week to help UCF to a 5-0 record, which marked the longest winning streak for the Golden Knights since the 2005 season. 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