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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Birmingham-Southern senior leftfielder Scott Billak (North Royalton, Ohio) has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Baseball Player of the Week for games played Feb. 20-March 5, while Liberty sophomore Ryan Page (Cranberry Township, Pa.) has been named New Balance Pitcher of the Week, it was announced today by the League office.
Billak batted .467 (14-of-30) in eight games with a .543 on-base percentage and a .733 slugging percentage for the Panthers. He hit safely in all eight appearances and posted five multi-hit contests, in addition to seven runs scored, five batted in, one double, two triples, one home run and three walks. He belted a two-run home run in Birmingham-Southern’s 6-0 win over Jacksonville State and drove in two key insurance runs in the Panthers’ 8-2 win over Miami (Ohio).
Page posted a 3-0 record and a 0.00 earned run average in his three appearances on the mound for the Flames, earning wins against Longwood, Rider and Hartford. Two of his three wins were relief and he held the opposition to a .132 average. Page made his second start of the season vs. Hartford and limited the Hawks to just two hits in six innings, while fanning six and allowing just one walk. Page’s line for the week: 12 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 11 SO.
Other Player of the Week nominees: Mark Shorey (High Point), Michael Just (Liberty), Kyle Smith (UNC Asheville), B.T. Good (VMI), Heath Rollins (Winthrop).
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: Blake Martin (Birmingham-Southern), Kevin Marrie (Coastal Carolina), Matt Christie (High Point), Travis Smink (VMI), Jason Franzblau (Winthrop).
2006 Big South Baseball Players of the Week
Feb. 15: Klint Reed, VMI & Mike Konstanty, Winthrop
Feb. 22: Kelly Sweppenhiser, VMI
March 8: Scott Billak, Birmingham-Southern
2006 Big South Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 15: Alex Wilson, Winthrop
Feb. 22: Heath Rollins, Winthrop March 8: Ryan Page, Liberty
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Liberty sophomore Ryan Page has been named the New Balance Pitcher of the Week, while Birmingham-Southern senior leftfielder Scott Billak has been selected as the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Baseball Player of the Week for games played Feb. 20-March 5, as announced today by the league office.
Page (LHP, Cranberry Twp., Pa.) posted a 3-0 record and a 0.00 earned run average in his three appearances on the mound for the Flames, earning wins against Longwood, Rider and Hartford. Two of his three wins were in relief and he held the opposition to a .132 average. Page made his second start of the season against Hartford and limited the Hawks to just two hits in six innings, while fanning six and allowing just one walk. For the week, the left-hander pitched 12 scoreless innings, allowing five hits, while striking out 11 and walking three. Page had picked up the win in his last four appearances and for the season, has posted a 4-0 mark with a 1.52 ERA.
Billak batted .467 (14-of-30) in eight games with a .543 on-base percentage and a .733 slugging percentage for the Panthers. He hit safely in all eight appearances and posted five multi-hit contests, in addition to seven runs scored, five batted in, one double, two triples, one home run and three walks. He belted a two-run home run in Birmingham-Southern’s 6-0 win over Jacksonville State and drove in two key insurance runs in the Panthers’ 8-2 win over Miami (Ohio).
Other Player of the Week nominees: Mark Shorey (High Point), Michael Just (Liberty), Kyle Smith (UNC Asheville), B.T. Good (VMI), Heath Rollins (Winthrop).
Other Pitcher of the Week nominees: Blake Martin (Birmingham-Southern), Kevin Marrie (Coastal Carolina), Matt Christie (High Point), Travis Smink (VMI), Jason Franzblau (Winthrop).
Page and the Flames, winners of nine of their last 10, travel to Washington, D. C. this weekend for a three-game series with the George Washington Colonials. First pitch on Friday is set for 2:30 p.m., with both games, Saturday and Sunday scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Liberty sophomore pitcher Ryan Page has been named to the the College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll for the week of March 14, the organization announced.
Page, a left-hander from Cranberry Twp., Pa., held George Washington to four hits, in picking up his first collegiate shutout, to lead the Liberty Flames to a, 3-0, win over the Colonials Saturday afternoon to earn selection. The sophomore ran his season mark to 5-0, scattering four singles, while striking out four and walking one. No Colonial made it past second base on the afternoon. Thanks to three double plays, the left-hander faced only one more batter (28) than the minimum. In addition, he also has won his last five appearances, two starts and three in relief, allowing only one run in 27 1/3 innings.
The pitcher was one of 47 players to be selected to the list. The College Baseball Foundation releases the National Honor Roll on a weekly basis saluting the finest performances in college baseball in the past week.
On the season, Page leads the Flames’ mound staff with a 1.10 ERA in 32 2/3 innings. He has struck out 20 and walked five, while opponents have a .189 batting average. Last week, Page was named the New Balance Big South Pitcher of the Week ending March 8.
Page and the Flames are off to their best start in school history since the 1979 Liberty team with a 16-3 record. The 1979 squad started their season 16-3 also.
Liberty hosts Rutgers in a three-game weekend series beginning Friday afternoon at Worthington Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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