Golden Eagles Maintain National Ranking for Third Straight Week

Glens Falls Golden Eagles

July 7, 2011

Andrew Nadler

Glens Falls, NY – Although the Glens Falls Golden Eagles struggled this past week compared to the team’s earlier success, the team played well enough to maintain a national ranking for the third week in a row. The team has now been ranked nationally each week so far this season.

After ranking in the 16^th and 12^th spots in the Perfect Game USA Collegiate Summer Top 25 by going 10-3 (.769) while picking up the PGCBL Pitcher of the Week award each week, the Golden Eagles dropped to the 23^rd spot in the rankings losing four of seven games. Despite the subpar week, Glens Falls still stands atop the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League with an excellent 13-7 (.650) record.

Over halfway through the PGCBL summer season, the Golden Eagles are third in batting with a .279 AVG and 12 team homeruns. On the mound, Glens Falls leads the league with eight saves and 192 strikeouts while being tied with Elmira with 13 wins. Aiding the team’s run prevention has been an excellent defense with a .972 fielding percentage and the fewest errors in the league.

Individually, David Olson (Tacoma CC) and Josh Anderson (Yavapai) are among the league leaders leading the Golden Eagles offense. Olson is batting .359/.394/.484 good for seventh in the league in batting. Anderson has provided the power for the Glens Falls offense batting .333/.376/.628 with five homeruns and eight doubles. The Poway, CA slugging freshman’s homerun total ranks him second in the league.

Third in the league with a 1.48 ERA, RHP Derek Mazzio (St. Louis) heads the Glens Falls rotation with 33 strikeouts in 24.1 innings and his recent PGCBL Pitcher of The Week award. Also among the league leaders in strikeouts is LHP Nick Gonzalez (Southern Florida) with 26 in 18 innings of work (also an earlier pitcher of the week). Out of the bullpen, Kyle Ruchim (Northwestern) and Olson lead the team in saves with four and three saves respectively.

Thursday, the Golden Eagles will be on the road at Newark looking to maintain the team’s national ranking. Glens Falls next plays at home this Saturday for Finch Paper Night vs. Amsterdam.

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