Seniors Ted DeSanti and Luise von Agris have been named IUP Athletes of the Week, announced by the IUP Sports Information Office Monday morning.
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DeSanti led a power offensive attack for the IUP baseball team this weekend as the Crimson Hawks scored 44 runs in a four-game sweep of divisional foe Clarion. The second baseman hit .714 with four home runs, 12 runs batted in, and had a 1.643 slugging percentage. He had 10 hits on the weekend, with five going for extra base hits.
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He bombed two homers in a comeback, 9-8 game victory Saturday, including a game-tying 2-run shot in the bottom of the seventh.
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He finished Saturday’s doubleheader against the Golden Eagles a combined 6-for-7 with three homers, a double, eight RBI and four runs scored.
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Von Agris had a successful week on the tennis courts, going a combined 9-1 in helping the Crimson Hawks to a 5-0 record, including a 7-2 win over Mercyhurst to clinch the PSAC West title.
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She went 5-0 in doubles play, pairing with Jarka Petercakova for an 8-6 win over 24th-ranked Kiersten Hensley and Nina Dillwald of West Virginia State Sunday. Von Agris also went 4-1 in singles play, enacting some revenge on Mercyhurst’s Kayla Frost, who she lost to during the PSAC singles championships in the fall.
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On Friday, von Agris broke her third major IUP career record with 104 career doubles victories. She also owns the school’s career singles and combined records.
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