Potter, Duesler, Murphy And Binkiewicz Earn Weekly Baseball Honors

April 17, 2006

Potter, Duesler, Murphy And Binkiewicz Earn Weekly Baseball Honors

New Haven, CT - Jeff Potter of NJIT and Chad Duesler of Dominican were named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Co-Players of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 16. Pitcher of the Week honors went to Caldwell's Tommy Murphy and the Rookie of the Week went to NJIT's Craig Binkiewicz.

Potter, Duesler, Murphy And Binkiewicz Earn Weekly Baseball Honors

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

New Haven, CT (4/17/06) - Jeff Potter of NJIT and Chad Duesler of Dominican were named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Co-Players of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 16. Pitcher of the Week honors went to Caldwell's Tommy Murphy and the Rookie of the Week went to NJIT's Craig Binkiewicz.

Potter hit .529 (9-for-17) with six runs scored, four RBI and a home run in a 5-0 week for NJIT. The senior catcher from Cherry Hill, NJ, went 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI after hitting a double and a triple against Post and he went 2-for-4 with a run, two RBI and a home run against the Eagles earlier in the week.

Duesler, a senior from Northville, NY, hit .625 (10-for-16) with five RBI, three runs scored and one home run in a 5-1 week for the Chargers. He went 3-for-4 with two runs, three RBI and a triple against Nyack and belted a home run in a 3-for-3 effort against Post.

Murphy hurled a complete-game two-hitter in the first game of a double-header against Nyack on Wednesday. The sophomore from Monroe, NY, fanned a career-best 13 batters in the 9-0 victory and surrendered only two walks.

Binkiewicz, a freshman from Belleville, NJ, tit .579 (11-for-19) for the week with six runs scored, six RBI and five stolen bases. He sported a .609 on-base percentage. He went 3-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and three stolen bases against Post and collected multiple hits in three other games.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.