Cory Bivins of North Greenville and Caleb Irwin of Mount Olive Capture Conference Carolinas Baseball Weekly Honors
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Cory Bivins of North Greenville and Caleb Irwin of Mount Olive have earned the weekly honors in Conference Carolinas baseball for the week ending Feb. 27.
Bivins was selected as the Player of the Week, while Irwin earned Pitcher of the Week accolades.
A redshirt junior shortstop from Haddock, Georgia, Bivins helped North Greenville to a 3-1 week as he hit .438 and slugged 1.063 with a .412 on-base percentage. He drove in 14 runs and scored three in the four games. In the weekend series win over Francis Marion he drove in 13 runs with four doubles and a pair of home runs. His best game of the week came in the second game on the series on Saturday, Feb. 26 as he went 3-for-4 with seven RBIs and two runs scored. He had a pair of doubles and a home run in the 15-6 victory.
A senior pitcher from Marble, North Carolina, Irwin tossed 8.2 innings over two games and allowed one run on five hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts. He began the week with two innings of relief against Georgia College as he allowed a run on two hits in the loss with a walk and two strikeouts. Three days later in a win over Emmanuel on Feb. 25 he earned the win with 6.2 shutout innings. He allowed three hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts while limiting the Lions to a .130 batting average.
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2022 Conference Carolinas Baseball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Feb. 8, 2022)
Player of the Week: Ben Ferguson, Belmont Abbey
Pitcher of the Week: Alex Hart, Barton
Week 2 (Feb. 15, 2022)
Player of the Week: Ethan Ott, UNC Pembroke
Pitcher of the Week: Shane Rademacher, Chowan
Week 3 (Feb. 22, 2022)
Player of the Week: Jack Casbarro, Mount Olive
Pitcher of the Week: Hunter Stevens, Mount Olive
Week 4 (March 1, 2022)
Player of the Week: Cory Bivins, North Greenville
Pitcher of the Week: Caleb Irwin, Mount Olive