03.09.2010
Baseball
Dornes named Empire 8 Player of the Week
ROCHESTER, NY - Senior outfielder/pitcher #Geoff Dornes# of the RIT baseball team was named the Empire 8 Baseball Player of the Week on Monday for the week ending March 7. 2010. It is his first weekly honor of the season and eighth of his career. Dornes is a two-time Empire 8 Player of the Year.
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Joe Venniro - Director of Sports Information
3/9/2010 9:34:44 AM
ROCHESTER, NY - Senior outfielder/pitcher
Geoff Dornes (Landsville, PA/Hempfield) of the RIT baseball team was named the Empire 8 Baseball Player of the Week on Monday for the week ending March 7. 2010. It is his first weekly honor of the season and eighth of his career. Dornes is a two-time Empire 8 Player of the Year.
Dornes hit .455 (10-for-22) with 10 runs batted in and became the RIT all-time leader in hits as the Tigers opened the season in Arizona. He went 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBI in a win over College of New Jersey, a game in which he also earned his first collegiate save. Dornes ended the week going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and three RBI against Rockford. He finished the week with a .522 on-base percentage, .727 slugging percentage, and raised his career total to 167 hits, bettering the previous school record of 160.
RIT returns to action on March 21, as they host Keuka in a doubleheader starting at 12 p.m.