Holton Adds a Fourth BIG EAST Player of the Week to Collection, While Ragan Snags an Honor Roll Slot

New York, N.Y. -- For the fourth time during the 2019 season Creighton's Jake Holton was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week as Holton guided the Bluejays to a series win over St. John's this weekend with a team-best six RBI and a .500 average (6-for-12) at the dish.

Also collecting accolades from the conference was Creighton ace Mitch Ragan as the right hander earned a spot on the weekly Honor Roll. Ragan opened the series with Red Storm with six scoreless innings as the Bluejays took the Friday night battle by the score of 11-0.

Holton, Ragan and the rest of the Bluejays begin a four-game week to close out the 2019 regular season on Tuesday as Creighton faces UNO at 11:00 am. The game is a Cox Kids Game, allowing better than 5,000 children come to the game.

BIG EAST Player of the Week
Jake Holton, Creighton, Jr., 1B (Los Gatos, Calif.)
Creighton junior Jake Holton opened the weekend series with St. John's in a decisive manner as he recorded a career-high six RBI in the series-opening 11-0 win over the Red Storm. During Creighton's series win over St. John's, Holton hit .500 going 6-for-12 with four extra-base hits. He blasted three doubles and one home run, which was a grand slam to cap the victory on Friday. Holton also drew two walks to post an on-base percentage of .571 and a slugging percentage of 1.000. Holton also crossed the plate three times, earning a hit in all three games. The series win clinched a playoff berth for the Bluejays.

BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week
Noah Thompson, Seton Hall, Jr., RHP (Frisco, Texas)
Seton Hall junior righty Noah Thompson pitched the opening game of a Saturday doubleheader against Georgetown, earning the victory and a series win for the Pirates. Thompson scattered just four hits over six scoreless innings in Seton Hall's 7-1 victory. He struck out six and waked only two. The win helped secure a spot for Seton Hall in the upcoming BIG EAST Championship field.

BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Kyle Smith, Butler, Sr., OF
Smith led a 2-2 Butler with a .500 batting average (7-of-14). Five of his seven hits were doubles. He scored seven runs and didn't strike out with a .636 on-base percentage and a .857 slugging percentage.

Mitch Ragan, Creighton, Sr., RHP
Ragan out-dueled St. John's ace in a Friday night battle as Creighton's hurler delivered six shutout innings to set the stage for an 11-0 Bluejay victory. He allowed just four hits and one walk with six strikeouts.

Wyatt Mascarella, St. John's, Sr., C
Mascarella went 6-for-17 (.353) with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI in a 2-2 week for St. John's. He logged all of his extra-base hits and RBIs in the final two games of the Red Storm's series with Creighton. He had a hit in each of the three-game series with the Bluejays, going 6-for-13 (.462).

Tyler Schedler-McAvoy, Seton Hall, Jr., OF
Schedler-McAvoy continued his strong play as he hit safely in all three games in the sweep of Georgetown compiling a .417 average (5-for-12). The junior tallied five runs and four RBI with three doubles, a walk and two stolen bases.

Sam Czabala, Xavier, Sr., LHP
Czabala entered in the sixth inning and pitched 4.0 innings of no-hit baseball as Xavier combined to allow only two hits in the Musketeers 6-1 win over Villanova. Czabala had a career-best six strikeouts, allowing just one base runner, on a walk as he picked up the save.

Holton Adds a Fourth BIG EAST Player of the Week to Collection, While Ragan Snags an Honor Roll Slot

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Jake Holton

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