ENTIRE PITCHING STAFF NAMED MUSCLE MILK STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

April 28, 2008

Coral Gables, FLA (www.hurricanesports.com) — – For their efforts in last weekend’s three-game sweep of the Virginia Cavaliers, the entire pitching staff has been honored as the Muscle Milk Student Athletes of the Week for the period April 21-27.

In winning the three games at Mark Light Field, Hurricane pitchers held the Cavaliers to just three runs as they were victorious 1-0 on Friday, 4-3 (10 innings) on Saturday and 10-0 on Sunday. Virginia, who came into the series batting .299, was able to only get 13 hits in the three games while batting a cumulative .144. The Hurricane pitching staff allowed only two earned runs over 28 innings (0.64 ERA) and blanked the Cavaliers in 26 of those 28 innings.

The No. 1 ranked Hurricanes improved to 36-5 on the year, 20-2 in ACC play, with the weekend results. They return to action at Mark Light Field this Friday, Saturday and Sunday will games versus Saint Mary’s (Calif.). Gametime is 7pm on Friday and Saturday and 1pm on Sunday.