KWU Sports Information
WICHITA – Kansas Wesleyan swept the KCAC Baseball weekly honors as Tyler Triano (SR/Hollister, Calif.) and Kendall Foster (SR/Prosper, Texs) were named the KCAC Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, for their efforts for the Coyotes this week. The KCAC Player of the Week program is selected by a vote of conference sports information directors and is presented at the conference level by Equity Bank.
The Coyotes posted a 3-1 record last week, winning over Sterling in a mid-week contest and taking two of three games over the Ottawa Braves in the weekend series.
Triano put on a dominant performance against the Ottawa Braves, ending the Braves' nine-game winning streak. Triano held the Braves to two hits in seven innings in a complete game run-rule win. He allowed one unearned run and struck out eight with no walks in the game.
Foster had an incredible week for the Coyotes, batting .600, with a .789 OBP and a 1.600 SLG, and helped the Coyotes go 3-1 over that time frame. He was part of a huge rally in the Sterling game. With the Coyotes trailing, Foster was part of a 13-run inning, hitting a grand slam as KWU beat the Warriors. He then played a key role in helping KWU take the series over a streaking Ottawa team. He hit 3 homers on the week, drove in 10 runs, and scored 12 times. He was also walked eight times during the week, and only struck out once.
The Coyotes are 33-10 overall and 21-5 in the KCAC heading into the final two weeks of the regular season. KWU has a mid-week game at York on Tuesday, then heads to Kansas City on Friday and Saturday to take on the Avila University Eagles.