
ROCHESTER, Mich. -Â Baseball's Brandon Nigh and Tegan Heaton of tennis have been named Oakland Student-Athletes of the Week presented by Prairie Farms.
In Oakland's first series win over Wright State in program history, Nigh led for the team going 7-11 at the plate with two doubles, two homers, and seven RBI. While he leads the team in batting average, as of March 15th the freshman was also ranked fifth in the league in slugging percentage and on base + slugging percentage, sixth in batting average, and ninth in on base percentage. Nigh also pitched one inning in game two to top off his performance, allowing only one hit and no runs.Â
Heaton won her eighth-straight singles match this weekend, helping guide Oakland to wins over Bowling Green and Lake Superior State. The freshman kicked off the weekend against the Falcons with a dominating 6-1, 6-0 win at the no. 5 singles spot, a key win en route to the Golden Grizzlies' 4-3 victory over BGSU. Heaton continued her impressive weekend into Saturday's 6-2, 6-2 win against Lake Superior State, helping Oakland to its first shutout of the season and third-straight win.Â