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Bucci And Heck Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades
March 19, 2007

Bucci And Heck Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades

New Haven, CT - Keith Heck of Philadelphia University has been selected Player of the Week for Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball this week. Daniel Bucci of Dominican College is the Pitcher of the Week, while John Pugh of Philadelphia and Robert Casal of Caldwell College are the Co-Rookies of the Week.

Bucci And Heck Earn CACC Baseball Weekly Accolades

Courtesy of Kirk Reed, Assistant Commissioner of the CACC

New Haven, CT - Keith Heck of Philadelphia University has been selected Player of the Week for Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) baseball this week. Daniel Bucci of Dominican College is the Pitcher of the Week, while John Pugh of Philadelphia and Robert Casal of Caldwell College are the Co-Rookies of the Week.

Heck, a senior 1B from Cherry Hill, NJ, hit .556 in five games last week and knocked in 10 total runs. He went 4-for-6 with five RBI against nationally-ranked California (PA) in a 14-13 win. He followed by going 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI against West Georgia.

 Bucci, a senior left-hander from Dobbs Ferry, NY, collected a win over Pace University by hurling 8.0 innings and allowing only three hits and one run while fanning nine batters.

Pugh, a freshman right-hander from Coatsville, PA and Casal, a freshman righty from Howard Beach, NY, both had outstanding weeks for the Rams and Cougars.

Pugh picked up a win against #2 Georgia College and State in his first collegiate start. He worked 7.0 innings and allowed only three hits and one run while fanning two batters.

In two appearances, Casal allowed two runs in 10 innings of work, while picking up a win against Lincoln Memorial. He fanned nine batters during the week.

Honorable Mention

John Anderson, Bloomfield - Had a complete game against Mercy, allowing four hits and one run with seven strikeouts.

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.