Sophomore Pat Epps Named Northeast Conference Baseball Player of the Week

Sophomore Pat Epps has been named the Akadema/Northeast Conference baseball player of the week, it was announced on Monday. Epps and the Blue Devils went 2-2 last week and stand at 13-10 overall this season. He hit safely in each of the four games for CCSU and drove in a team-high six runs in the four games.

Epps, who hit safely and came around to score in each of Central Connecticut State's four games, batted .600 (9-for-15) and slugged 1.067 for the week. The right-handed hitter came through in the clutch during the Blue Devils' two victories. Epps picked the perfect time for his lone hit against Connecticut rival Fairfield. His seventh-inning RBI double tied the contest at 4-4 before coming around to score the winning run on a sacrifice fly.

Epps was a near-impossible out during the rain-shortened NEC series against Sacred Heart. He went 8-for-11 (.727) at the plate with five RBI and five runs against the Nutmeg State rival Pioneers. The 6-foot-3 designated hitter twice erased a Blue Devils' deficit in an eventual 10-9 victory. Going 4-for-4 with four RBI and two runs in the win, Epps blasted his first of two late-inning extra-base hits, a two-run triple, tied the game at 8-8 in the seventh. With CCSU behind 9-8 in the eighth inning, he blasted a run-scoring double to pull the Blue Devils even again.

Epps and the Blue Devils return to action on Tuesday night hosting Holy Cross at Beehive Field beginning at 7 p.m.