Baseball Southern Conference

Brill, Frazier Earn Weekly Baseball Honors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Appalachian State designated hitter Matt Brill and UNCG right-hander Tyler Frazier have been named the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for all games April 7-13. The selections are made by the league office.

Brill hit .533 in four games on the week, helping the Mountaineers to a series win over The Citadel. The freshman from Coal Valley, Ill., turned in three multiple-hit games and drove in eight runs on the week.

Against High Point on Tuesday, Brill was 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the Mountaineers’ 6-5 loss. He opened the series against The Citadel with a 1-for-3 showing, picking up an RBI, on Friday.

He had two hits in each of the weekend games, going 2-for-5 with an RBI double in a 6-5 win on Saturday before closing his week with a 2-for-4 effort in which he had a three-run home run and an RBI single in a 10-6 victory Sunday.

Appalachian State (13-20, 7-4 SoCon) will take on Wake Forest on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to kick off a five-game road swing. The Mountaineers will face Elon in SoCon play this weekend.

Other top hitters included: Tyler Griffin (The Citadel), Ryan Lowe (Davidson), Tyler McVicar (Elon), Garren Palmer (Georgia Southern), Jake Hall (UNCG), Drew McWhorter (Samford), Cody Jones (Western Carolina) and James Plaisted (Wofford).

UNCG’s Frazier was 3-for-3 in save opportunities on the week, allowing just one hit in 5 1/3 innings pitched, striking out five. All three of his saves against teams in the top 100 in the RPI, as Wake Forest was No. 45 and Georgia Southern was No. 82.

Against Wake Forest on Tuesday, Frazier allowed three walks and no hits in two innings pitched to nail down the Spartans’ 4-2 win.

The junior from Fairfax Station, Va., picked up two more saves at Georgia Southern over the weekend, striking out two and walking two in 1 1/3 innings in Friday’s 6-2 UNCG win before striking out three with no walks and just one hit allowed in two innings of work to close out the Spartans’ 8-7 victory Sunday.

The series win was UNCG’s first in Statesboro, Ga., since 1998.

UNCG (17-17, 4-7 SoCon) will make the short trip to face High Point on Tuesday at 6 p.m. before heading to Davidson, N.C., for a three-game set with the Wildcats this weekend.

Other top pitchers included: Tyler Moore (Appalachian State), Logan Cribb (The Citadel), Nick Neitzel (Davidson), Michael Elefante (Elon), Tyler Wood (Furman), Jason Richman (Georgia Southern), Mark Donham (Samford), Bryan Sammons (Western Carolina) and Matthew Milburn (Wofford).

2014 SoCon Players of the Week
Feb. 17    Heath Quinn, Samford
Feb. 24    Stryker Brown, Georgia Southern
March 3    Aaron Mizell, Georgia Southern
March 10    Forrest Brandt, Davidson
March 17    Adam Martin, Western Carolina
March 24    Jordan McDonald, UNCG
March 31    Tyler Filliben, Samford
April 7    Dillon Dobson, Appalachian State
April 14    Matt Brill, Appalachian State

2014 SoCon Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 17    Jeremy Null, Western Carolina
Feb. 24    Jake Stalzer, Elon
March 3    Jake Stalzer, Elon
March 10    Lucas Bakker, Elon
March 17    Lucas Bakker, Elon
March 24    Ryan Frederick, Georgia Southern
March 31    Jeremy Null, Western Carolina
April 7    Josh Wirsu, Georgia Southern
April 14    Tyler Frazier, UNCG
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