Marshall University Athletics
Baseball's Lape Tabbed As National Player of the Week
3/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Lape led Marshall to a 6-0 week and its first six-game winning streak since the 2004 season by batting .542 (13 hits in 24 at-bats), including five home runs, three doubles and 11 RBI. Lape also scored 12 runs, stole a pair of bases, drew two walks and struck out only three times to help Marshall to a pair of three-game sweeps over Valparaiso and 2007 NCAA Regional participant VMI on the road.
Lape is team leader in almost every offensive category for the Herd this season. In 14 games, he has a .509 overall batting average, a 1.075 slugging percentage, eight home runs and 20 RBI, six doubles, 24 runs scored and is 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts.
Lape will look to help power the Herd to a pair of victories against Kent State Tuesday, heading into the Herd's C-USA home-opening series against Rice beginning Friday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Appalachian Power Park.
