SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) recognizes Cortland's Daniel Coleman and Oswego's Kieran Finnegan as this week's Baseball Athlete and Pitcher of the Week.
Coleman batted .727 (8-for-11) with four homers, two doubles, a walk, 14 RBI, six runs scored, a 2.000 slugging percentage and a .786 on-base percentage during a 3-1 weekend for the Red Dragons. In a 22-1 win over Oneonta Saturday, Coleman became the first Cortland player since 2007 to hit three homers in a game and finished 4-for-4 with seven RBI. The previous day in an 18-4 win over Plattsburgh, Coleman was 3-for-3 with a homer, two doubles and seven RBI. Coleman also handled six fielding chances over the weekend with no errors.
Finnegan of the Lakers improved to 3-0 on the season with eight inning of work last week. He pitched two hitless innings against Fredonia in the team's 10-5 win and then threw six innings of two-run baseball in a 7-2 win over Brockport. The West Nyack native held opposing batters to a meager .143 batting average while striking out seven. On the season, Finnegan has yielded just four runs in 18 innings of work for an earned run average of 2.00 while striking out 15. Finnegan and the Lakers return to action against the University of Rochester on Tuesday at 1 p.m. on the Laker Baseball Field.