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Moley ('07 Bat) leads NCAA
You may have a hot day or a hot week, Randy Moley has had a white-hot spring. Through 26 games Moley leads NCAA D1 batters in batting average (.562 through 4/11), and on base % (.615). He is 4th with only 1 strikeout in every 30 at bats and 7th with a double every other game.
Randy's performance has led the Bonnies to a 6-4 conference record in the Atlantic 10 and tied for 4th in the 14 team league.
Moley batted .274 for the 'Bats in '07. Randy has a cannon for an arm. He prevented many runs scored as he roamed right field for the 'Bats.
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Branham ('08 Bat) Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week
USC-Upstate sophomore Matt Branham (Brockport '08) has been selected as the Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week for the week ending April 6, 2008. Branham is the first player from USC-Upstate to win a weekly conference award from the Atlantic Sun.
Branham pitched a complete game six-hitter as USC-Upstate defeated Gardner-Webb, 2-1, in the opening game of a conference doubleheader on Sunday in Boiling Springs, N.C. Branham allowed one run on six hits, walked two and struck out 10 in his first career nine-inning complete game. The 10 strikeouts are a personal best for the USC-Upstate sophomore pitcher. Through a 131-pitch outing, Branham stranded nine Gardner-Webb runners on base and did not allow a runner past first base after the sixth inning.
This spring, Branham is 4-2 with a 3.44 earned run average in seven appearances. Branham leads the Spartans with 49.2 innings pitched. He is tied for first on the team in victories, tied for second in strikeouts (33) and third in ERA.
The Columbia, S.C., native has signed with the Brockport Riverbats of the New York Collegiate Baseball League for the 2008 season. He pitched last summer for the Columbia Blowfish of the Coastal Plain League.
USC-Upstate is coached by former Northeastern Collegiate Baseball League skipper Matt Fincher. Fincher was the head coach of the Cortland Apples in 1986 and 1987. He returned to the league to manage the Syracuse Braves in 1990. |
Sottung ('05 Bat) Sets Ithaca Career Wins Record
Nick Sottung (Genesee Valley '05) earned his school-record breaking 29th career victory as Ithaca College defeated Oneonta State, 12-5, in a non-conference game on Tuesday at Freeman Field in Ithaca, N.Y.
Sottung allowed one run on two hits and struck out nine over six innings. He struck out the side in order in the first inning and held the Red Dragons hitters off balance for the next five frames. Sottung faced four batters over the minimum and sat down 11 of the final 13 Oneonta State batters he opposed.
This spring, the Ithaca senior is 6-0 with a 2.11 earned run average in seven appearances. Sottung has allowed 10 earned runs in 42.2 innings pitched and he leads the Bombers with 43 strikeouts. For his career, the Pulaski, N.Y., native is 29-8 with a 2.72 earned run average. Through his four-year career, Sottung has pitched 268.1 innings and struck out 222 batters.
Sottung can become Ithaca's all-time leader in strikeouts and innings pitched in his next start. He needs two strikeouts and two-thirds of an inning to break both records. The records are currently held by Kyle Sottung (Watertown '01), Nick's cousin. Kyle Sottung previously held Ithaca's career wins mark with 28 triumphs.
The Ithaca senior pitched for the Genesee Valley Riverbats of the New York Collegiate Baseball League in 2005. He was 1-1 with a 3.70 earned run average in five appearances.
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