RICHMOND, Va. - A pair of Northeastern University baseball rookies were honored on Monday afternoon with CAA Weekly awards - right-handed pitcher
Aiven Cabral was named the CAA Pitcher of the Week, while right-fielder
Cam Maldonado was named the CAA Rookie of the Week.
Aiven Cabral - Fr. - RHP - Lynn, Mass. - CAA Pitcher of the Week
Cabral repeats as a CAA weekly award winner, after being named co-Rookie of the Week last Monday, April 3rd. Cabral followed up his six-inning scoreless appearance against Monmouth with a 97-pitch, complete game shutout of Delaware on Saturday, the first Husky to throw a complete game shutout since
Sebastian Keane in March of 2021.
- Allowed just four singles in the complete game, and only allowed a runner past second once, in the first inning.
- Struck out seven batters on the afternoon, two of which came in the final frame.
- Also started a midweek game against Stonehill - pitched one scoreless inning with a strikeout.
- On the week as a whole: 10.0 scoreless innings in two starts, with eight punch outs and only five hits. He walked no batters and allowed no XBH on the week. Opponents batted .135 against him in his two appearances.
- His ERA (1.74) is now 16th in the NCAA, and he leads the nation in strikeout to walk ratio (42K / 2BB).
Cam Maldonado - Fr. - OF - Wolcott, Conn. - CAA Rookie of the Week
Maldonado is earning his first CAA weekly award as the Rookie of the Week after leading the Huskies offensively for the week. In five appearances, he bat .625 with four extra-base hits, including his third triple of the season.
- Batted 10-for-16 on the week with four walks. Slugged 1.063 and had an on-base percentage of .700.
- Tallied six RBI on two doubles, a triple, and a home run.
- Best performance of the week was on Sunday with a solo home run, and three runs scored as he went 2-for-3 at the plate. Maldonado recorded two hits in all five games played this week.
- Was also a perfect 5-for-5 on stolen bases, and scored five runs.
The Huskies improved to 8-4 in CAA play with a series win over Delaware - they head on the road for four this week, starting with the Baseball Beanpot consolation game at UMass on Tuesday, April 11, and head to Stony Brook for a CAA series Friday through Sunday, April 14-16.
#HowlinHuskies
