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Baseball: SMITH SUN BELT BASEBALL WEEKLY AWARD + LSWA POWNEW ORLEANS – Louisiana-Lafayette’s Les Smith and South Alabama’s Matt Jackson have been named the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, as decided on by the league’s member institutions. The award marks the second this season for Jackson, as the Jaguars ace also earned the award the first week of the season, Feb. 23. Smith, a freshman outfielder, hit .533 (8-15) with a double, a triple, three homers and 10 RBI last week, leading Louisiana-Lafayette to a perfect 4-0 record with a win over McNeese State and a series sweep of league foe UALR. Smith played a key role in the Cajuns’ sweep of UALR this weekend, hitting .615 against the Trojans, going 8-for-13 with five extra base hits. Smith batted .636 with runners on base and .600 with runners in scoring position, .600 with two outs, and hit .714 in advancing runners. Perhaps most importantly, Smith registered five two-out RBIs. On Saturday, Smith fell just a single short of hitting for the cycle, posting a two-run home run, a triple and a double in the game to finish with a 2.250 SLG%. Smith stole one base on the week (1-for-1) and was perfect in right field as well. Smith’s hitting was very timely, as he jacked the go-ahead three-run home run on Sunday, and put UALR out of striking distance with two-run bombs on both Friday and Saturday. More importantly, Smith spurred the Cajuns on to their most productive weekend yet, as the team scored 40 runs against UALR, including eight from Smith. John L. Strawn
LSWA BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Les Smith of UL-Lafayette; Matty Ott of LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. – Outfielder Les Smith of Louisiana-Lafayette and pitcher Matty Ott of LSU were named Tuesday as the Louisiana Sportswriters Association Baseball Players of the Week.
Smith, a freshman from Dyersburg, Tenn., was named Hitter of the Week as he played a key role in the Cajuns’ sweep of UALR last weekend, hitting .615 (8-for-13) against the Trojans with three homers, two triples and a double.
Smith batted .636 with runners on base, .600 with runners in scoring position, .600 with two outs and .714 in advancing runners.
Ott, a freshman right-hander from Metairie, La., was named Pitcher of the Week as he was superb on the mound last week, earning a win and two saves as the Tigers won four of five games. Ott made four appearances, recording 6.1 shutout innings while allowing just one hit. He recorded no walks and 10 strikeouts, and opponents batted .050 against him.
Ott was dominant in collecting a save at South Carolina on Sunday, as he pitched three perfect innings, striking out six of the nine Gamecock batters he faced..
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Bill Franques LSU Athletics 225.578.2527 (office) 225.241.4359 (cell) 225.578.1861 (fax) John L. Strawn
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