COUGAR BASEBALL

RYAN GARNERS MULTIPLE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS

4-19-05
CALDWELL, N.J. - Sophomore third baseman Billy Ryan (Toms River, NJ/Manchester) was named the Player of the Week by three different organizations. The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference made Ryan the second Cougar to win its weekly award. The ECAC and the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association both selected Ryan its co-Player of the Week. Ryan helped the Cougars go 5-1 last week, including a season-best four-game winning streak. 

Ryan went 6-for-10 from the plate (.625) with three doubles, four runs batted in and five runs scored as the Cougars won all five games in which Ryan had an at-bat. In a three-game sweep of CACC foe Post University, Ryan batted .727 (8-for-11) with four runs scored and three runs batted in. He went 4-for-5 with three runs scored in the series-opening 15-1 victory, then in the comeback 14-10 win on Saturday, Ryan scored the game-tying run in the eight-run seventh inning.

Also being recognized by the CACC was senior Mike Kolesar (New City, NY/Clarkstown North), who was included in the Honor Roll for the second week in a row. Kolesar pitched eight scoreless innings in Caldwell's 15-1 win over Post, allowing seven hits and a walk while striking out five.

The Cougars return to action on Wednesday, Apr. 20, when they play a doubleheader at Dominican College, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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