MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week
Nathan Sides (Alvernia / So., SS / Media, Pa.) led the Crusaders to a 3-1-1 week while batting .667 (16-for-24) with a .667 on-base percentage, and a 1.042 slugging percentage. Side finished the week with 11 RBIs, nine runs scored, two doubles, two triples, home run and was 3-for-3 on stolen bases. Sides now ranks 10th in Division III with a .484 batting average. The sophomore had three or more hits in 4-of-5 games. He went 9-for-12 against Rutgers-Newark, including 5-for-6 in game one with four RBIs and three runs scored. In a 2-1 series win over Albright, Sides went 7-for-12 with four RBIs, five runs scored and two triples.