University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Morgan Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
3/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Morgan
Named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
Louisiana-Lafayette moves up to No. 17 in Collegiate
Baseball Poll
LAFAYETTE –
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns
senior catcher Justin Morgan was named the Sun Belt
Conference Player of the Week, as announced Monday by the
conference office.
Morgan, a native of Gonzales, La., led the Cajuns offensively last week, going 6-for-15 with a home run and a team-high nine RBI.
In Tuesday's 23-3 win over Lamar, Morgan went 2-for-5 with his first career home run and a career-high five RBI. Morgan knocked in three more runs during the Cajuns' 22-4 Sun Belt Conference opening win Friday night. He also went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in Saturday's come-from-behind victory against South Alabama.
Since March 1, Morgan is batting a team-best .429 with a team-leading six doubles. Earlier this season against Harvard, Morgan became the 13th player in school history to record five hits in a game, going 5-for-5 with a then-career-high four RBI.
Morgan is now batting .405 with a home run, 14 RBI and a team-leading eight doubles.
Louisiana-Lafayette (22-5, 2-1 Sun Belt) moved up two spots to No. 17 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 Poll which was released Monday. Louisiana-Lafayette remained unranked for the second week in a row in the Baseball America Top 25 Poll.
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns returns to action Tuesday when they host the Northwestern State Demons (21-8, 6-0 Southland) at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
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