Reading, Pa. (Mar. 17, 2008) – Alvernia College kicked off St. Patrick’s Day celebrations claiming both weekly conference baseball awards Monday afternoon. Senior catcher
Dale Curry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) batted .471 to claim the player of the week award and
Andrew Long (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) posted a 0.00 ERA in eight appearances with a win and a save to claim the pitcher of the week award in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC).
The first weekly award of the season for the PAC includes statistics from all 16 games to date in which the Crusaders have posted a 12-4 record. Curry has amassed 24 base hits in 51 at-bats through 16 games with 11 of those hits going for extra bases. He has eight doubles, a triple, and a pair of home runs. He has drawn eight walks, driven in 22 runs, and has a hit in 12 of the last 13 games.
Long earned the first pitcher of the week award giving up just three hits in 9.1 innings. He has held opponents hitless in six of his eight appearances including two innings in a home win over Gwynedd-Mercy this past weekend. Opponents are batting just .094 this season. He has also recorded one save and one win and better than half of his outs have come via the strikeout, 15 of 28.
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