Peetz Named WIAC
Baseball Position Player of the Week
UW-Stevens Point
senior first baseman Matt Peetz has been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference position Player of the Week for the first time in his
career.
A Spring Green native and River Valley
High School graduate, Peetz recorded
two hits in each game as the Pointers swept a four-game weekend series at
UW-La Crosse. He went eight-for-15 (.533), scored six runs and drove in
seven against the Eagles. His two-run home run in Thursday�s second game
gave the Pointers a 3-2 lead which they would
extend to a 9-6 victory.
In both of Friday�s games, Peetz
started the game-winning rally with a double. He scored the tying run in the
eighth inning of game one and the winning run in the ninth of game two. For
the week, he had three doubles and a home run.
For the season,
Peetz leads the WIAC in batting with a .490 average (25-for-51). He extended
his hitting streak to nine games with hits in both games of Monday�s
doubleheader sweep of Lakeland. Peetz also leads the Pointers with 16 runs
scored and 14 RBI�s.
UW-Stevens Point
is currently 11-5 overall and has won nine straight games. |
