Baseball Breaks into Collegiate Baseball Top 30; Lauer Honored with Weekly Awards
5/16/2016 12:24:00 PM | Baseball
Collegiate Baseball has placed Kent State in its Top 30 national rankings, with the Golden Flashes coming in this week at No. 28.
For the second-straight week Kent State has been in consideration for D1baseball's Top 25 rankings. With one more win on the season, the Golden Flashes will reach the 40-win threshold for 10th time in program history. Only three nationally ranked teams currently have forty or more wins on the season.
Lefty ace Eric Lauer was tabbed the National Player of the Week by the National Basebal Writers Association, NCAA and College Sports Madness. He was also honored as one of Collegiate Baseball's six National Players of the Week as well being named the Mid-American Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week for the fifth time this season. Lauer threw a no-hitter against Bowling Green on Friday as he matched a career-high with 13 strikeouts while allowing no free bases in the 14-0 victory to clinch a regular season championship for the Golden Flashes.
The team will look to grab its 40th win on Tuesday when Kent State travels to Youngstown State for an 11 a.m. matchup.
