Catamount baseball off to nice start, racks up awards
The Catamounts are 15-5 overall, and 6-3 in the Southern Conference after taking 2-of-3 from the Citadel over the weekend. The Cats are in third, behind Charleston, which took 2-of-3 from the Cats just over a week ago, and Georgia Southern, which visits Cullowhee the second weekend of April.
For their performances over the past week, Catamounts Stephen Notaro, a junior catcher from California, and Chris Masters, a junior pitcher from Marietta, GA, were awarded SoCon player of the week and pitcher of the week honors, respectively. More from the league office:
Notaro led Western Carolina with a .529 batting average (9-of-17) with five of his nine hits going for extra bases last week as the Catamounts went 4-1 overall. Notaro belted two doubles and three home runs for a 1.176 slugging percentage. The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native also drew four walks as a part of a team-best .619 on-base percentage. Notaro amassed nine RBIs on the week as Western defeated High Point and UNC Asheville in non-conference play and took two-of-three SoCon games from The Citadel.
Masters, a junior from Marietta, Ga., struck out a career-best 11 batters in his first career complete game Saturday, holding The Citadel to a single run while scattering six base hits in a 3-1 win. The left-hander limited the potent Bulldogs offensive line up to a .188 batting average and improved his season record to 3-1 with a team-leading 3.19 ERA.
Western’s early season success has included winning 2-of-3 at then-nationally-ranked Southern Cal and sweeping three from best pals Appalachian State.
Western travels to Knoxville tomorrow for a single game against the Tennessee Volunteers, who, under second-year coach and former WCU skipper Todd Raleigh, are off to a 9-12 start.
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