Catawba’s Lyerly, Tusculum’s Keleher Named Baseball Players Of The Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Catawba third baseman Craige Lyerly and Tusculum pitcher Max Keleher were named the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Position Player and Pitcher of the Week announced league officials Monday. For Lyerly, it marks the second time this year he has earned this honor.

Lyerly, a 6-0, 175-pound junior from Salisbury, N.C., extended his hitting streak to 24 games with hits in all seven games last week as the Catawba Indians posted a 5-2 record. In the seven games, he hit .586 (17-of-29) and scored 10 runs. Lyerly enjoyed four-hit games against both Pfeiffer and in the weekend opener at Brevard. Lyerly also scored runs in all seven games, with his solo homer at Brevard that gave the Tribe a 5-4 lead.

Craige Lyerly

Max Keleher

Keleher, a 6-2, 195-pound right-hander from Port Charlotte, Fla., tossed a six-hit shutout in Tusculum's 7-0 win over Lenoir-Rhyne. The victory sparked the Pioneers to win two of the three games over the weekend to capture the program's fourth conference title in the last five years. Keleher limited the league's top-hitting team to only six hits and didn't allow a base-runner to reach third base all night. He also recorded six strikeouts in the victory.

The SAC Players of the Week are determined by a vote of the league's sports information directors.