University of Massachusets Athletics
Popielarczyk Earns Pair Of Weekly Honors
March 26, 2012 | Baseball
March 26, 2012
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass baseball senior right-hander Joe Popielarczyk has been named the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week and co-UMass Athlete of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Both honors are the first for the Florence, Mass., native and first for a member of the Minutemen this season.
Popielarczyk went 2-0 in his pair of starts last week, pitching in a combined 8-0 shutout at Old Dominion and throwing his first career complete game in UMass' 3-1 Atlantic 10 series-clinching game three victory at Fordham this past Sunday.
Over the two outings, Popielarczyk threw a total of 14.1 innings, including 13.1 consecutive shutout frames, and allowed just one earned run for a 0.63 earned run average on the week. He struck out 14 and walked nine, while none of the nine hits allowed were for extra bases.
Against the Monarchs on Mar. 19, Popielarczyk worked 5.1 innings and let up only two hits. He followed up in his start at Fordham on Mar. 25 by striking out a career-high 10 batters and holding the Rams to three hits through the first eight innings of the contest.
Through three starts on the year, Popielarczyk holds a 0.92 ERA, limiting opponents to a .224 average and two runs in 19.2 innings of work with 12 walks and 16 strikeouts.