March 29, 2004

Senior Ryan Bitter (Pacific Grove, CA/San Diego Mesa CC )of the Siena College baseball team was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week it was announced recently. This marks the second-straight weekly honor nabbed by the Saints as Josh Courage earned conference Pitcher of the Week honors for the week ending March 22.

The MAAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year did not allow a single run while sacrificing just four hits in 12 innings of work this past week. Bitter collected the victory at Wagner, working two scoreless innings, scattering a pair of hits while striking out three. At Rider, he worked 10 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out nine. On the week, he limited the opposition to a .093 batting average and posted a 4-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

The Saints finished the week off 3-2, having defeated Wagner before dropping a contest to LIU and taking two-of-three against Rider. Siena is 8-11 overall and 2-1 in MAAC play. They will open up their home schedule with a contest against Holy Cross this Tuesday, March 30. Game-time is set for 3:00 p.m.