NJIT baseball player Ian Bentley from Lancaster, PA has been selected as Male Athlete of the Week for his performance against Niagara.
The left-handed pitcher was denied a seventh victory, which would have been a Division I-era record for the Highlanders. Instead he got a no-decision, despite a strong nine-inning effort, with seven hits, three runs, two walks, and five strikeouts.
He finishes his sophomore season with a 6-3 record after going at least seven innings in each of his last seven starts. His nine innings against Niagara represented the longest outing of his two-year college career. Bentley’s 3.24 earned run average ended up tops on the team among pitches who started and second only to Tyler Kapp, who posted a 2.67 ERA in 18 relief appearances.
