Deering, Gariano, and Paolini Earn MAAC Baseball Weekly Awards
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MAAC Offensive Player of the Week
brian deering, niagara
Sophomore, IF,
6-1/165, Springfield, VA/West Springfield
Deering smashed
three home runs in a doubleheader against Manhattan on Saturday, helping the
Purple Eagles become the first team to take a series from the first-place
Jaspers. Prior to the weekend, the middle infielder had just two career home
runs. In Saturday’s game two, Deering’s three-run homer in the fifth inning
proved to be the difference maker in a 7-4 victory. He connected on a pair of
solo home runs in his first two plate appearances in game one. Overall for the
weekend, Deering batted .625 (5-for-8) with five RBIs, four extra base hits and
three home runs, while boasting a career-best 1.875 slugging percentage and a
.700 on-base percentage.
MAAC Defensive Player of the Week
ROB GARIANO, FAIRFIELD
Junior, RHP,
5-10/180, Nutley, NJ/Nutley
Gariano tossed a one-hit complete shutout with nine
strikeouts for his fifth win of the season in Fairfield’s 12-0 win over Iona.
Gariano (5-3) faced the minimum through 4.1 innings, striking out six of the
first 10 batters he faced. After the hit, Gariano struck out three of the final
five batters he faced. It is the second one-hit complete game shutout of the
season for the Gariano and his fourth complete game of the year. With his nine
strikeouts on the day, he moved into third all-time on Fairfield’s career list.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
DAN
PAOLINI, SIENA
Freshman, 2B,
6-0/180, Stratford, CT/Bunnell
Paolini batted .720 (18-25) in six games this week for
the Saints. He posted multi-hit games in
all six contests, homered four times, drove in 10 runs and scored seven
times. He posted a 1.320 slugging
percentage, a .750 on-base percentage and a 2.070 OPS. Paolini raised his MAAC-leading batting
average to .427 and his 79 hits this season stand just two hits shy of the
school’s all-time single season record.