Olson
Named NE-10 RINDGE,
N.H. (March 29, 2004) –
Franklin Pierce third baseman Garrett Olson (Norway, Maine/Oxford
Hills) earned Freshman of the Week honors by the Northeast-10
Conference office this afternoon.
Olson, honored as NE-10 Freshman of the Week for the second time
this season, helped lead Franklin Pierce to a weekend sweep of American
International College in its lone action of the week. Olson hit .444
(4-for-9) in the three game series with two runs scored, a double, two
RBI and two stolen bases. He also slugged .556, registered a .545
on-base percentage and was error free on nine chances at third base.
Olson hit 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and RBI in the Ravens
9-1 win over AIC in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader. In Sunday’s
12-4 win, he finished 1-3 with an RBI.
Olson currently ranks second on the team with a .397 (25-63)
batting average (7th NE-10) while starting all 20 games at
third base for Franklin Pierce. He has totaled 15 runs scored, two
doubles, a home run, 11 RBI and five stolen bases (five attempts). Olson
ranks second on the team with eight multi-hit games and he ended the
week riding a team-best five-game hitting streak.
Franklin Pierce (8-12, 3-0 NE-10), ranked eighth in this week’s
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II
Northeast Region poll, is in action this afternoon at Southern
Connecticut State University, ranked second in the region, for a
doubleheader that started at 1 p.m. The Ravens are slated to open their
home schedule on Thursday with a doubleheader against Merrimack College
at 2 p.m. |
