Taggart and Barinas Named ASC Athletes of the Week
Emma Taggart from women's track and field and Elijah Barinas from baseball have been named the ASC Athletes of the week.
Taggart (New Windsor, MD/Francis Scott Key) was named the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Field Athlete of the Week after winning the heptathlon at the Cortland Red Dragon Open with an AARTFC qualifying score of 3652 points.
She is currently ranked 13th in Division III.
On Saturday, Taggart won the heptathlon high jump (1.56m) and shot put (10.78m) and came in second in the 100-meter hurdles (15.81) and 200-meters (28.91).
On Sunday, she was second in long jump (4.55m), third in the 800-meters (2:53.89) and third in javelin (16.15m).
Barinas (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond) was named the AMCC Player of the Week.
Barinas was a dominant force in the Pioneers' double AMCC sweep last week to extend their win streak to 10 and remain undefeated in conference play.
In four games, Barinas went 9-for-10 at the plate, recorded a .900 batting average, 1.400 slugging percentage, seven RBIs, five runs, two triples, one double and stole five bases.
In their sweep over Medaille, he went a perfect 6-for-6 at the plate.
In their 11-5 win in game one he had two RBIs and scored one run.
In game two, they won 12-2 and he contributed three RBIs, one run and one triple.
Against Penn St.-Altoona, Barinas was a combined 3-for-4 at the plate.
In their 4-0 shutout in game one, he had one run and one triple.
In their 13-3 win in game two he was 1-for-1 at the plate and recorded two RBIs and two runs.
