IRVING, TX—Senior Josiah Burney (1b) led the Monarchs to their first C-USA series victory, batting .500 with all but one of his hits going for extra-bases at Louisiana Tech, and has been named C-USA Hitter of the Week. The Gloucester, Va., native totaled 15 bases with a double and three home runs, while driving in 10 runs in the series. Burney added three walks to give him a .615 on-base percentage and recorded a 1.500 slugging percentage.
He hit a three-run homer as part of a five-RBI effort on Saturday and then hit another three-run blast in Sunday's series-clinching victory. Burney is currently hitting .306 with a team best 22 RBI and five homers.
The Monarchs play VCU Wednesday night at Hampton’s War Memorial Stadium in the annual “Key Dog” Classic. Game time is 7 p.m.
March 24 C-USA Baseball Players of the Week
Old Dominion, Rice and Southern Miss Players Honored
A pair of pitchers that turned in dominating performances to lead their teams to conference series-opening victories have been named Conference USA co-Pitchers of the Week. Rice junior RHP Zech Lemond and Southern Miss junior RHP Christian Talley share the honor after both struck out a career-best 12 batters in series-opening wins last Friday night. The C-USA Hitter of the Week award went to Old Dominion senior 1B Josiah Burney, who had three homers and 10 RBI on the road in the Monarchs first conference series win.
Entire release: http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/032414aad.html