Oppriecht Earns WIAC and NCAA Division III National Pitcher of the Week Honors
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
junipr pitcher Bill Oppriecht on Thursday was recognized as the
NCAA Division III National Pitcher of the Week honors for April
29-May 6 as voted on by a panel of D-III
members of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association.
Oppriecht, a junior right-hander from Seneca, Wis., pitched his
second straight complete game in the Pioneers' 1-0 win over
14th-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point on May
4. He allowed just six hits, two for extra
bases, and walked four, but kept the hard-hitting Pointers off the
scoreboard by striking out seven and stranding nine runners,
starting the Pioneers off on their first doubleheader sweep of UWSP
since 1996. Oppriecht, earlier in the week, was named the
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the
Week.