SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.- The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Atlantic Region Players of the Week on Wednesday afternoon and
Julian Costa (Mantua, N.J./Clearview) was named Pitcher of the Week after his no-hitter vs St. Thomas Aquinas last Friday afternoon.
Costa tossed a seven inning no hitter on Friday to kick off the Golden Rams weekend visit to the USA Baseball National Training Center in Cary, North Carolina. Costa became just the second WCU pitcher to a throw no-no and the first since Nicholas Frank in 1947 after carrying a perfect game into his final batter of the seventh inning. Costa yielded a walk to this batter before ending the game with a lazy fly ball to center after opening the seventh with his ninth strikeout of the afternoon en route to his second victory and first complete game of the season.
West Chester will be back in action on Friday afternoon at Pace for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. before facing Mercy in a doubleheader on Saturday at Noon.
