WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University junior pitcher Sydney Goldman of Sherman Oaks, California, has been named the University Athletic Association Softball Pitcher of the Week for the second week in a row, while sophomore third baseman Brian King of Palos Verde, California, was honored as the UAA Baseball Hitter of the Week for the first time.
Goldman was outstanding in the circle in earning her second-straight UAA honor and the fifth of her career. She threw three complete games with two shutouts to go 3-0, posting an 0.35 ERA and 12.60 strikeouts per seven innings. Against Anna Maria on April 14, she allowed three hits and just one run, striking out 11 without a walk in a 7-1 victory. Against #24-ranked Framingham State, Goldman was nearly untouchable, giving up just three hits in 13 innings of work. She fanned 12 in the first game of a four-game series, allowing one hit and one walk on April 17, then whiffed 13 Rams with two hits and two walks in Game 3 of the set on April 18. Brandeis swept FSU to improve to 8-0 on the season, making the Judges one of the final four undefeated teams in Division III. For the season, Goldman's 0.28 ERA is seventh-lowest in Division III, while her 1.68 hits allowed per seven innings and 0.36 walks and hits per inning pitched (WHIP) both lead the nation and her 13.7 strikeouts per seven inning rank third.
Brandeis plays host to Salem State University this Friday at 2 p.m. in a doubleheader originally scheduled for Sunday at Salem State. No spectators are permitted to attend the games, but they will be broadcast at www.brandeisjudges.com/sports/sball/streaming.
King hit safely and drove in runs in all five games for the Judges last week as Brandeis went 3-2. He had three multi-hit games and scored runs in four of the five contests. King led Brandeis in batting average (.625), on-base percentage (.647) and slugging (.875). He went 5-6 with three doubles and four RBI in a doubleheader sweep (7-3, 12-2) of Lasell University on April 14, then went 2-6 with three RBI in a pair of losses (5-6, 3-8) to Framingham State the next day. In a 21-11 win over FSU on April 18, King went 3-4 with one RBI and three runs scored as the Judges turned in their highest-scoring performance since 2007. Overall this season, King leads the UAA and ranks 52nd in Division III with a .469 batting average. He also leads the conference with a .528 on-base percentage and ranks fourth with a .594 slugging percentage. His 11 RBI are tied for third on the Judges, while his four doubles are tied for second.
The Brandeis baseball team, with a record of 9-3, returns to action on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. against Anna Maria College in the first meeting between the two teams since 2011. No spectators are permitted to attend the game, but it will be broadcast at www.brandeisjudges.com/sports/bsb/streaming.
Goldman is a 2018 graduate of Notre Dame High School.
King is a 2019 graduate of Palos Verde High School.
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