Chambers
Named RINDGE,
N.H. (April 10, 2006) – Franklin
Pierce senior second baseman Mike
Chambers (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry)
was named the Northeast-10 Conference’s Baseball Player of the Week
today. The award marks the fourth time this season a Franklin Pierce
player has been named Player of the Week in the NE-10. Chambers,
who earns Player of the Week honors for the first time this season,
led Franklin Pierce to a 4-0 week as he hit .500 (6-for-12) with two
runs scored, two doubles, a triple, two stolen bases and two RBI. He
slugged .833 and posted a .600 on-base percentage for the week, while
playing error-free in 21 chances at second base. Chambers was 2-for-4
with a pair of doubles and a run scored in Thursday’s 6-2 victory
over Bryant University. He was a combined 3-for-5 with a triple, RBI
and run scored in Saturday’s doubleheader sweep of the College of
Saint Rose. His RBI triple in game two put the Ravens ahead for good
in the 6-4 victory.
Chambers
is fourth on the team with a .355 (33-for-93) batting average, 26 runs
scored, ten doubles, a triple, five home runs and 22 RBI. He has also
posted a .645 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage to go
with ten stolen bases (11 attempts). Chambers enters the week riding a
team-best six-game hitting streak, and has also totaled 11 multi-hit
and five multi-RBI games this season. Chambers enters the week within striking distance of becoming the fourth member of Franklin Pierce’s 200-hit club. He has totaled 193 career hits (.329 career hitter) to go with a school-record 54 doubles, 18 home runs (6th all-time), 28 stolen bases (10th) and 113 RBI (3rd). Franklin Pierce (22-7, 7-3 NE-10), ranked No. 22 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball magazine Division II poll, is back in action on Tuesday when is visits No. 30 UMass Lowell to begin a key two-game midweek series at LeLacheur Park at 7 p.m. The two teams round out the series at Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. |
