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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - An overall week of 9-2 between the Wilmington University baseball, softball, and women's lacrosse team produced a number of Wildcats mentioned on this week's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Weekly Report, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Baseball's Max Carney led the way by earning the CACC Player and Rookie of the Week honors while softball's Caitlyn Whiteside repeated as the CACC Rookie of the Week.
In five games this week, Carney led baseball's offense with a .450 average, going 9-for-20 overall with three doubles, five RBI, and three runs scored. He had a hit in all five games, including going 5-for-8 with two doubles in a doubleheader sweep over USciences.
The week started with a 1-for-3 game against Queens before the doubleheader against USciences. Carney batted 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in game one before hitting 2-for-4 with an RBI in the nightcap. The week ended with a 1-for-5 game one at Felician, with the one hit being an RBI double. He batted 2-for-4 with an RBI in the nightcap, with his single in the eighth inning giving the Wildcats the 4-3 win and sweep. Carney slugged .600 for the week while also reaching base in half of his plate appearances.
It's a repeat appearance on the Weekly Report for Whiteside, as she was the CACC Softball Rookie of the Week last week as well. Whiteside went 2-0 in two appearances last week, tossing 11 shutout innings while striking out nine batters.
Whiteside came on in relief in her first appearance, tossing the final five innings at Georgian Court. She earned the win while only allowing four hits and a walk, striking out four batters to move to 4-3 on the year. She started game two against USciences, striking out five batters while going all six innings of an 8-0 shutout victory. She only allowed three hits while not walking a batter for her second complete game shutout of the season.
Baseball's Jay Kluka was mentioned on the Weekly Honor Roll after pitching a complete game against USciences. He struck out eight and only allowed one base runner from the fifth inning on for his first win of the season.
Softball's Meghan Brown was also mentioned on the Weekly Honor Roll after leading the Wildcats' offense with a .727 batting average (8-for-11) in four games. She hit a double and her first home run of the season, adding five RBI and four runs scored for the week.
Women's lacrosse senior Sara LeBrun was also mentioned on the Weekly Honor Roll after leading the Wildcats to their first win of the 2016 season. She scored five goals against Dominican, three of which came in the final seven minutes to erase a 9-6 deficit. She scored the game-winner with 18 seconds left in regulation for the 10-9 victory. She also scored twice at Chestnut Hill earlier in the week.
CACC Weekly Reports
• Baseball
• Softball
• Women's Lacrosse