LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola Baseball picked up two weekly awards on Monday after winning four games last week and taking first place in the PacWest with a 3-1 conference record. Junior RJ Bates was named PacWest Player of the Week after leading the conference in RBI's and total bases while right-handed pitcher Brayden Englert was named Freshman of the Week for his complete game win against Hawaii Hilo on Saturday.

This is the first conference honor for both student-athletes.

Bates led the PacWest with 10 RBI's on eight hits this week and tied teammate RobertAnthony Cruz with 16 total bases. All four of Bates extra-base hits, two homeruns, and two doubles, drove in multiple runs while the junior had three multi-hit games. No other hitter in the PacWest had more than five RBI's.

Englert also excelled last week, throwing a nine-inning complete game victory against Hawaii Hilo with a very efficient performance of 80 pitches. The Long Beach, California-native induced 15 groundouts during his complete game, the first nine-inning CG for Biola Baseball since April 21, 2017, and retired 19 batters in a row from the second inning to the eighth inning. He only allowed a two-out single in the second and a two-out single in the eighth after allowing a run in the first inning.

The Eagles continue conference play at home this week with a four-game series against the Holy Names Hawks. The series will begin Friday with a doubleheader that starts at 11 a.m.