College baseball: UCI’s Swanson grabs pitching honors

ANTEATER BALL PARK - UC Irvine freshman left-hander Glenn Swanson

has been named the Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week after allowing

no runs in two wins this past week to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Swanson had a three-hit, no-run performance in three innings against

UNLV in a 7-3, UCI victory, March 26. Swanson, from Morse High in San

Diego, was credited with the win based on pre-game notice from Coach John

Savage that he would use multiple pitchers. UCI used six pitchers in the

game.

In Saturday’s 9-5, Big West win at University of the Pacific, Swanson

relieved Brett Smith in the sixth inning and shut out the Tigers,

retiring all twelve batters that he faced and striking out the last two

looking to end the game.

Swanson’s six wins lead the team and he is second with 50 strikeouts.

He has held opposing batters to a .190 average and is the second Anteater

to be recognized by the conference, as center fielder Jon Horwitz was

named Player of the Week two weeks ago.

UCI hosts UC Santa Barbara in a conference series at Anteater Ballpark

this weekend. Game times are 7:00 p.m. Friday, 6:00 p.m. Saturday and

1:00 p.m. Sunday.