RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Highlander's baseball team have been swinging the bats well lately led by back-to-back Big West Player of the Week junior Connor Cannon. The offense combined to score 41 runs in four games this past week on the road.
 
Games
vs. CSU Bakersfield: Tuesday, April 23 – 6:00 p.m. - $2 Entry
vs. UCSB: Friday, April 26 – 6:00 p.m.
vs. UCSB: Saturday, April 27 – 6:00 p.m.
vs. UCSB: Sunday, April 28 – 1:00 p.m.

Big West Leaders
Conference Play Leaders                                                       Overall Leaders
Batting Average                                                                                 Batting Average
5^th- Sr. Yeagar Taylor .405                                                      5^th- Jr. Connor Cannon .345
6^th- Fr. Jacob Shanks .400                                                     6^th- Sr. Yeagar Taylor .338           
10^th- Jr. Travis Bohall .381                  
        
Home Runs                                                                                              Home Runs
1^st- Jr. Connor Cannon 5                                                         1^st- Jr. Connor Cannon 12
2^nd- Sr. Dean Miller 4                                                                3^rd- Sr. Dean Miller 10
4^th- Sr. Yeager Taylor
 
RBI                                                                                                                  RBI     
1^st- Jr. Connor Cannon 14                                                        3^rd- Jr. Connor Cannon 33   
                                                                                                         5^th- Sr. Dean Miller 30
Slugging %                                                                                                Slugging %
1^st- Jr. Connor Cannon .853                                                    1^st- Jr. Connor Cannon .714
4^th- Sr. Dean Miller .763                                                            4^th- Sr. Dean Miller .622
8^th- Sr. Yeager Taylor .703
 
Runs
2^nd- So. Nathan Webb 10
 
Back-to-Back
Junior Connor Cannon powered his way to a second straight Big West Baseball Field Player of the Week award. Cannon hit .588 (10-for-17) with five extra base hits, including three home runs in the New Mexico series, and finished the week with a 1.235 slugging percentage. He posted his second multi-homer game of the season with a pair of jacks in an 18-10 win at New Mexico on Friday. In that game, he set the school record for single-game RBI with eight. He extended his hitting streak to 17-game hitting streak.
 
Last Week: @ LMU, @ New Mexico (3)
The Highlanders only came away with one victory but all their losses were by one run. The team battled and lost a heartbreaker at LMU losing in extra innings and then falling in the eighth on Friday at New Mexico. The team outscored their opponents 41-36 on the week. Cannon set a school record with eight RBI in a game on Thursday. He finished the week batting .588 with three home runs and 11 RBI.