NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech infielder Eddie Garza had an incredible week at the plate as he earned the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s College Baseball Player of the Week honor on Tuesday.
Already named the Ohio Valley Conference’s Player of the Week on Monday, Garza batted .667 on the week with a .692 on-base and 1.417 slugging percentage as the Rio Grande City, Texas, native helped led the Golden Eagles to a three-game sweep over Southern Indiana this weekend in a league series.
In the series opener, Garza smashed his first round-tripper of the year with a three-run shot to left to go along with a two-run single in the fifth. Garza then hit a pair of home runs in the fifth and sixth innings on Sunday to complete the sweep and put Tech in sole possession of first place in the OVC standings.
On the bump, Austin Peay junior Lyndon Glidewell collected a no-hitter in the second game against North Alabama in an Atlantic Sun series this past weekend. Glidewell blanked the Lions as he struck out five and allowed just one baserunner with a walk in the first frame. He threw just 87 pitches in the 20-0, seven-inning contest.
Glidewell, named the National Pitcher of the Week by the College Baseball Foundation and was the Atlantic Sun’s Pitcher of the Week, threw just the sixth no-hitter in Governors’ history. It was the first one for APSU since Mike Eikenberry in 1996.
SOFTBALL: Chattanooga graduate utility Kailey Snell was named the Softball Player of the Week as she batted .500 through the three-game series at Furman, helping lead the Mocs to a three-game sweep. In all, the Shelbyville, Tenn., product had two doubles and a triple as she drove in four RBI and scored six times.
Snell drove in two and scored twice in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, then again in Sunday’s finale.
In the circle, Trevecca Nazarene hurler Ashlan Sensing was named the Pitcher of the Week. The senior from Dickson, Tenn., had a 3-0 week as she compiled a 0.74 ERA with two complete-game outings. Sensing yielded just two earned runs on seven hits as she walked one with 11 strikeouts. Opponents hit .109 against her as Sensing led Trevecca to a road sweep at Delta State.
She currently leads the Gulf South Conference in victories and complete games.
BASEBALL
Feb. 18 | Player: Blake Pou (Sewanee); Pitcher: Ryan Higgins (Carson-Newman)
Feb. 25 | Player: Eston Snider (Middle Tennessee); Pitcher: Liam Doyle (Tennessee)
March 4 | Player: Gavin Kilen (Tennessee); Pitcher: Jake Poindexter (Lipscomb)
March 11 | Player: Levi Clark (Tennessee); Pitcher: Drew Horn (Middle Tennessee)
March 18 | Player: Joey Parliament (Trevecca Nazarene); Pitcher: Marcus Phillips (Tennessee)
March 25 | Player: Hunter Ensley (Tennessee); Pitcher: Taj Donald (Sewanee)
April 1 | Player: Cameron Nickens (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Kolton Casson (Carson-Newman)
April 8 | Player: Carson Chavies (Union); Pitcher: Liam Doyle (Tennessee)
April 15 | Player: Eddie Garza (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Lyndon Glidewell (Austin Peay)
SOFTBALL
Feb. 11 | Player: Danielle Jason (Tusculum); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
Feb. 18 | Player: Abbie Buckner (Sewanee); Pitcher: Reagen Huskey (Sewanee)
Feb. 25 | Player: Brianna Asmondy (Trevecca): Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
March 4 | Player: Hayden Dye (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
March 11 | Player: Presley Williamson (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
March 18 | Player: Morgan Jennings (Union University); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca Nazarene)
March 25 | Player: Abbee Klinefelter (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
April 1 | Player: Alyssa Suits (King University); Pitcher: Taylor Long (Chattanooga)
April 8 | Player: Kailey Snell (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
April 15 | Player: Kailey Snell (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca Nazarene)