Andrew Cox, Stacey Malarkey, Brittany Therres And Kylor Berkman Win CAC Weekly Awards

Andrew Cox, Stacey Malarkey, Brittany Therres And Kylor Berkman Win CAC Weekly Awards

Mary Washington Sr. RHP ANDREW COX (Orlando, Fla./Trinity), Salisbury senior 2B STACEY MALARKEY (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key), York freshman P/DH BRITTANY THERRES (Hughesville, Md./Thomas Stone) and Salisbury senior midfielder KYLOR BERKMAN (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) were selected as the CAC Athletes of the Week for their respective sports for April 27, 2009.

BASEBALL

Mary Washington Sr. RHP ANDREW COX (Orlando, Fla./Trinity) was named the CAC Baseball Player of the Week after throwing a four-hit, complete-game shutout against North Carolina Wesley, which recently won the USA South Conference title. Cox walked one and struck out five in the 3-0 victory. He started the week by being named the UMW Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year co-winner with track & field All-American Justin German.

SOFTBALL

Salisbury senior 2B STACEY MALARKEY (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) along with York freshman P/DH BRITTANY THERRES (Hughesville, Md./Thomas Stone) were named the CAC Softball Co-Players of the Week.

Malarkey went 5-for-10 and reached base twice when being hit by a pitch to lead the 14th-ranked Sea Gulls to a pair of DH sweeps, extending the conference champions' win streak to 30 games. Malarkey had five RBI, six runs scored, two doubles and her conference-leading 11th homer of the season. She also leads NCAA Div. III by being hit by a pitch 16 times this season.

Therres led York to two wins in four games this week. In a DH sweep vs. DeSales, she went the distance in a 4-1 win, allowing just five hits and no walks while fanning two. In the nightcap, she pitched the final two-thirds of the game to get the save in a 4-3 win. In the twinbill, she was 4-for-6 at the plate with a double, run scored and stolen base. In a DH vs. Messiah, she suffered a 1-0 setback in game one, scattering eight hits and two walks while fanning three in seven innings.

MEN'S LACROSSE

Salisbury senior midfielder KYLOR BERKMAN (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) was named the CAC Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week after scoring a game-high four goals and adding an assist in the Sea Gulls' 12-11 win over Washington College in the annual "War on the Shore." The 2008 national Player of the Year and two-time national Midfielder of the Year assisted on the game-tying goal with 10 minutes leftin the game, then scored the unassisted game-winner with 4:34 left.