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AASU's Ryan Chromek Named PBC Baseball Player of the Week

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Freshman second baseman Ryan Chromek has been named the Peach Belt Conference's first Player of the Week for the 2001 season by conference officials on Tuesday afternoon.

Chromek, a 5-5 freshman from Suwanee, Ga., leads the No. 20-ranked Pirates in hitting with a .593 average (16 hits in 27 at-bats) with nine runs scored, seven RBI and a team-best .636 on-base percentage. He went 5-for-5 in the Pirates' 8-1 win over St. Andrews on Jan. 28 and ended that series 9-for-11, then went 4-for-4 with three RBI in AASU's 7-6 win over Augusta State on Feb. 10.

The Pirates, 8-1 overall and 3-0 in the Peach Belt, return to action this weekend with a three-game series against Lander University at Pirate Field. The first game is Saturday, Feb. 17 at 2:00 p.m. and the final two games will be played in a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Noon

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