Two WU athletes honored by PAC
For the second time this season, Waynesburg University senior pitcher Ben Oviatt was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Pitcher of the Week.
Oviatt earned his second PAC weekly honor this season after posting a 2-0 record with a 1.93 ERA in two starts. After turning in a complete-game victory with no walks and four strikeouts in a 5-3 win over Penn State-Behrend on Monday, Oviatt came back with a complete game, four-hit (all singles) shutout. He walked just one hitter and struck out five in a 12-0 blanking of the two-time defending PAC champions from Thomas More. The Saints came in Sunday’s doubleheader as the number-18 team in the country. Oviatt is 5-0 on the year for the Yellow Jackets, with complete games in all five starts.
Louco top track performer
Waynesburg University freshman Bryum Louco took home the first Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Men’s Track Athlete of the Week Award of the season for the Yellow Jackets after stellar performances at both the Muskie Duals at Muskingum University and at the Bill Van Horne Invitational at Wheeling Jesuit this past Saturday.
The Wexford native posted a pair of wins in the 400 hurdles (58.05) and the 4×800 meter relay while placing second in the 100 meter dash (11.29 seconds) at Muskingum on March 17. Louco followed that performance by finishing fourth in the 400 hurdles (57.16) and eighth in the 100 meter dash (tops among D-III runners) with an 11.51 at the Bill Van Horne Invitational at Wheeling Jesuit.
Louco and his Waynesburg teammates are back in action on Saturday, when they travel to Washington for the Washington and Jefferson Invitational. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.