Williams Named ACC Player of the Week
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – After a dominant opening weekend at Mark Light Field, Miami outfielder Derek Williams has been named ACC Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Williams powered the Hurricanes to a three-game sweep of Lehigh, batting .727 (8-for-11) with four doubles, two home runs, six RBI and eight runs scored across the three-game series. The senior right fielder posted a 1.636 slugging percentage and a .714 on-base percentage, reaching base 10 times in 14 plate appearances.
Williams opened the season Friday with a 3-for-4 performance, including two doubles and a run driven in. He followed with a two-homer, three-RBI effort Saturday night, finishing 2-for-3 at the plate and scoring four times. In Sunday’s series finale, Williams collected three more hits in four at-bats, adding two doubles and two RBI to cap the weekend.
Batting in the fifth spot in all three games, Williams totaled 18 bases and struck out just once during the series. He recorded multiple hits in each contest and delivered six extra-base hits as Miami’s offense erupted for 57 runs during opening weekend, the most in an opening series in program history.
Williams and the Hurricanes return to Mark Light Field on Tuesday at 6 p.m. to face in-state foe UCF. The game will be broadcast on ACCNX and carried live on WVUM 90.5 FM.
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