March 31, 2008          
                                                                  

Scott and Schlender Earn Conference Weekly Honors

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana State Billings junior pitcher Steve Scott was named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week and junior Jonathan Schlender was named GNAC Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. 

Scott, a native of Billings earned his second weekly honor of the season as he and Alex VanOeveren of Northwest Nazarene split the award this week.  Scott and VanOeveren traded four-hitters as the Yellowjackets and Crusaders split a doubleheader Saturday.  Scott allowed just one run, walked two and had two strikeouts in MSUB’s 6-1 win.  Earlier in the season, Scott also earned co-Pitcher of the Week honors as he tied the GNAC single-game record for strikeouts with 15 in a 4-3 victory over Mary in Arizona on Mar. 6.

Schlender, a native of Bozeman, earns Player of the Week honors for the first time this season as he went 10 of 22 for the week and drove in seven runs.  Schlender helped lead the Jackets to a 5-2 record this past week, including a three-game sweep of Colorado Christian and a four-game split with Northwest Nazarene.  He scored eight runs, walked twice and was hit by a pitch four times while compiling a .571 on-base percentage.  Against NNU, he went 7 of 16 and drove in five runs.  Schlender tied the GNAC single record with three doubles in the opener of the series. 

The Yellowjackets host Dickinson State Wednesday in a doubleheader at Pirtz field beginning at 2 p.m. and will open the home conference series against Western Oregon this weekend beginning with a doubleheader against the Wolves on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pirtz Field.