Durna, Vesia Collect CCAA Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week

Durna, Vesia Collect CCAA Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week

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SAN RAMON, Calif. — After impressive performances both at the plate and on the mound, UC San Diego’s Tyler Durna and Cal State East Bay’s Alex Vesia have picked up California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 10-15. This is the second weekly award of the season for both players.
 
CCAA Baseball Player of the Week
Tyler Durna hit a team-best .571 (8-for-14) with five runs, eight hits, four doubles, seven RBI, four walks, 12 total bases, an .857 slugging percentage and .632 on-base percentage on the weekend. Second-place UC San Diego earned its first season sweep of 2018, at home over Stanislaus State. The junior from Chino Hills handled all 48 chances cleanly over four starts at first base.

Durna's one-out single ignited a two-run game-tying rally in the sixth inning Friday night against CCAA Pitcher of the Year favorite Joe Ryan, with the Tritons ultimately walking off 3-2 winners in the ninth. Durna bookended the weekend by reaching base in all five plate appearances in Sunday's 9-4 victory, going 4-for-4 with a walk, two doubles, two runs and three RBI.

Next up for the Tritons is a home-and-home series with Cal State San Bernardino with Thursday’s first pitch in La Jolla slated for 6 p.m.

Also nominated:
Anthony Ayala, Cal State LA
Kyle Blakeman, Chico State
TJ Dove, Cal State Monterey Bay
Harley Lopez, San Francisco State
Bryce Nagata, Sonoma State

2018 CCAA Baseball Player of the Week
Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 Joshua Lenney, Sonoma State
Feb. 5-11 Tyler Durna, UC San Diego
Feb. 12-18 Tyler Place, Cal State San Marcos
Feb. 19-25 Alex Eliopulos, UC San Diego
Feb. 26-March 4 Jacob Tonascia, Cal State Monterey Bay
March 5-11 Hayden Duer, Cal State Monterey Bay
March 12-18 Drew Cowley, Cal Poly Pomona
March 19-25 Andrew Wheat, Stanislaus State
March 26-April 1 Jack Large, Stanislaus State
April 2-9 Joshua Lenney, Sonoma State
April 10-15 Tyler Durna, UC San Diego
 
CCAA Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Cal State East Bay’s Alex Vesia was brilliant once again on Saturday, hurling six scoreless innings to earn a 7-0 victory on the road at Cal State Dominguez Hills. He allowed just three hits and recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts. Vesia has not allowed an earned run over his last 32.0 innings dating back to March 9. During that time, he's 5-0 with 40 strikeouts.

The southpaw from Alpine is now 6-2 with a 1.87 ERA for the season, and one week after becoming the Pioneers’ all-time leader in career wins and strikeouts, he also broke the program's career record for innings pitched (292.1) en route to back-to-back CCAA weekly honors.

The Pioneers travel to Bay Area foe San Francisco State for a four-game tilt with the Gators with first pitch from Maloney Field scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m.

Also nominated:
Colton Fletcher, Cal State Monterey Bay
Matthew Hernandez, San Francisco State
Tim Holdgrafer, Cal Poly Pomona
Preston Mott, UC San Diego
Christian Stiegele, Chico State

2018 CCAA Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 Joe Ryan, Stanislaus State
Feb. 5-11 Jacob Call, Cal State East Bay
Feb. 12-19 Matthew Hernandez, San Francisco State
Feb. 20-26 Joe Ryan, Stanislaus State
Feb. 27-March 4 Preston Mott, UC San Diego
March 5-11 Chase Wheatcroft, Stanislaus State
March 12-18 Colton Fletcher, Cal State Monterey Bay
March 19-25 Joe Ryan, Stanislaus State
March 26-April 1 Joe Ryan, Stanislaus State
April 2-9 Alex Vesia, Cal State East Bay
April 10-15 Alex Vesia, Cal State East Bay