SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Citadel outfielder Ryan McCarthy and Wofford right-hander Dalton Rhadans have been named the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively, for all games from March 21-27. The selections are made by the league office.
 
McCarthy had a big week at the plate in his four starts for the Bulldogs, batting .467 and scoring five total runs with one double, one triple, two home runs and five RBIs in The Citadel’s games against South Carolina and George Mason. He started the week by going 2-for-3 with one home run, one RBI and a pair of runs scored in the Bulldogs’ 4-3 victory over the Gamecocks on Tuesday, March 22, before going 2-for-4 with one double, one RBI, and one run scored in The Citadel’s 6-3 series-opening victory over the Patriots on Friday, March 25. In the Bulldogs’ 5-4 victory over George Mason on Saturday, the graduate outfielder went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer to left center, marking his third straight two-hit game and his second home run of the week. McCarthy closed out the weekend by going 1-for-4 with an RBI triple in The Citadel’s 6-4 series-finale loss to the Patriots on Sunday. The Cumming, Georgia, native also threw out two base runners this week that attempted to go from first to third on singles in the game against South Carolina and in the middle game against George Mason.
 
The Citadel (16-7) closes out its 20-game home stand on Tuesday, March 29, as the Bulldogs welcome North Florida to Riley Park in Charleston, South Carolina, for a 6 p.m. ET game before traveling to Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday for a three-game series against Creighton on April 1-3.

Rhadans threw seven total innings in his three relief appearances for Wofford last week, tallying a win and a save and striking out six batters in the Terriers’ 10-6 win over USC Upstate on Tuesday, March 22, and Wofford’s victories over Gardner-Webb on Friday, March 25, and Sunday, March 27. The senior right-hander notched the save in Wofford’s 7-4 win over the Runnin’ Bulldogs on Friday, striking out three and allowing one hit in three innings pitched before earning the win in Wofford’s 7-2 series-finale victory over the Runnin’ Bulldogs on Sunday, in which he tallied two strikeouts and allowed only three hits with no runs or walks in three innings pitched. The Acworth, Georgia, native also pitched one inning in the Terriers’ victory over the Spartans on Tuesday, surrendering just one hit and recording one strikeout in the win.

Wofford (17-8) returns to action on Wednesday, welcoming Winthrop to Russell C. King Field in Spartanburg, South Carolina, for a 6 p.m. ET game before traveling to Dallas, Texas, on Friday for a three-game series against Dallas Baptist on April 1-3.

Also nominated for player of the week: Ashton King (ETSU), Bill Knight (Mercer), Greg Hardison (UNCG),
Stephen Klein (Samford), Will Knight (VMI), Bryson Parks (Western Carolina) and Brennen Dorighi (Wofford).
 
Also nominated for pitcher of the week: Hunter Loyd (ETSU), Jackson Kelley (Mercer), Alex Hoppe (UNCG) and Zach Franklin (Western Carolina).
 
2022 SoCon Players of the Week
Feb. 21             Hogan Windish, Jr., INF, UNCG
Feb. 28             Cole Simpson, Sr., OF, The Citadel
March 7             Justin Starke, R-So., INF, VMI
March 14          Zach Ketterman, So., INF, Western Carolina
March 21           John Dempsey, Sr., INF, Wofford
March 28           Ryan McCarthy, Gr., OF, The Citadel
 
 
2022 SoCon Pitchers of the Week
Feb. 21             Tyler Bradt, R-So., VMI
Feb. 28             Tyler Bradt, R-So., VMI
March 7             Matthew Marchal, Jr., Wofford
March 14           Zach Kirby, Sr., ETSU
March 21           Devin Beckley, Gr., The Citadel
March 28           Dalton Rhadans, Sr., Wofford