Baseball Southern Conference

Wofford?s Clancey, Citadel?s Reeves Earn Weekly SoCon Honors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford first baseman Conor Clancey and Citadel left-hander James Reeves have been named the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for all games May 4-10. The selections are made by the league office.

Clancey hit .524 and slugged an even 1.000 on the week as the Terriers claimed a conference series from Furman and topped Clemson. Clancey hit two home runs and four doubles and drove in nine runs on the week, with six of his 11 hits going for extra bases. He had hits in all five of Wofford’s contests and multiple hits in four of them.

In Wofford’s 17-9 win over Clemson on Tuesday, Clancey was 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs. The following day at South Carolina, the Scottsdale, Ariz., senior was 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and two runs scored.

In Friday’s series opener against Furman, Clancey doubled for the third straight game, driving in two runs. He was 2-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer in Saturday’s win and closed the series with three hits, one of which was his fourth double of the week, in Sunday’s 3-2 win.

The award was Clancey’s second of the season.

Wofford (35-18, 12-8 SoCon) closes out its regular season with a three-game SoCon series at ETSU (19-32, 6-15 SoCon) starting Friday and ending with a doubleheader Saturday.

Also nominated: Connor Walsh (The Citadel), Devin Bonin (Mercer), Collin Woody (UNCG), Heath Quinn (Samford) and Will Connerley (VMI).

Reeves picked up his second weekly honor of the season after throwing seven shutout innings in The Citadel’s 9-1 win over ETSU on Friday.

The redshirt junior southpaw held the Bucs to five hits and two walks as he improved to 7-3 on the year. Reeves struck out 12, reaching double digits in strikeouts for the fourth time this season.

Reeves is the winningest active pitcher in the SoCon with 19 career victories.

The Citadel (23-26, 8-13 SoCon) hosts Presbyterian on Tuesday at 5 p.m. before closing the regular season with a three-game SoCon set at Furman (23-28, 10-11 SoCon).

Also nominated: Alex Ledford (Samford), Andrew Woods (VMI) and Luke Leftwich (Wofford).

2015 SoCon Players of the Week
Feb. 16    Trey York, ETSU
Feb. 23    Damon Waller, Samford
March 2    Trey York, ETSU
March 9    Zac MacAneney, UNCG
March 16    Kevin Phillips, ETSU
March 23    Kyle Lewis, Mercer
March 30    Austin Edens, Samford
April 6    Conor Clancey, Wofford
April 13    Matt Smith, Western Carolina
April 20    Austin Edens, Samford
April 27    James Plaisted, Wofford
May 4    Kyle Lewis, Mercer
May 11    Conor Clancey, Wofford

2015 SoCon Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 16    B.J. Nobles, Western Carolina
Feb. 23    Ryan Askew, Mercer
March 2    Adam Scott, Wofford
March 9    Eric Nyquist, Mercer
March 16    Luke Leftwich, Wofford
March 23    Eric Nyquist, Mercer
March 30    Grant Papelian, Mercer
April 6    James Reeves, The Citadel
April 13    Grant Schuermann, Furman
April 20    Ryan Clark, UNCG
April 27    Matthew Quarles, Furman
May 4    Chad Sykes, UNCG
May 11    James Reeves, The Citadel

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