ROCHESTER, Mich. -- Madison Jones of the Oakland softball team and baseball'sÂ
Bryce Konitzer have been named United Wholesale Mortgage Student-Athletes of the Week.
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Jones batted a team-high .583 (7-for-12) with four extra-base hits, two RBI, and seven runs scored in Oakland's series sweep over Green Bay. The redshirt junior led the team in hits, doubles, triples, runs, and stolen bases in the series. Jones went 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts while reordering three multi-hit games in the series. The Romeo, Mich. native reached base two or more times in all four games and scored two or more runs in the final three games of the series.
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Konitzer delivered a solid performance on the mound picking up his second win of the season posting a career-high 10 strikeouts with a walk in 5.2 innings of work to lead Oakland to an 8-5 victory over Milwaukee snapping a 9-game skid in Horizon League play. The junior's performance ended the Panther's seven-game winning streak. After allowing three earned runs in the first inning, Konitzer tossed four scoreless innings allowing only two scattered hits until surrendering a run in the sixth.
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