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BOCA RATON – FAU right fielder David Miranda capped a strong four games by being named Conference USA Hitter of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Miranda belted three home runs during the weekend sweep of Charlotte, two of them coming on Saturday.
The senior also homered in Friday’s victory.
While he didn’t produce a long ball in Wednesday’s victory over Miami, Miranda smacked two doubles and scored three runs as part of a 3-for-5 night in Coral Gables. The victory completed FAU’s first-ever season sweep of Miami.
Miranda concluded his week by reaching base four times on Sunday – three times after being hit by a pitch.
For the week Miranda hit .538 while slugging 1.385.
Miranda is hitting .336 with five homers and 21 RBI on the season. The average jumps to .378 against C-USA teams, with four of the five homers coming in league play.
FAU enters the week tied with Louisiana Tech atop the Conference USA standings with a 9-3 record, one half game ahead of No. 12 Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles handed FAU two of their three conference losses.
The Owls travel to FGCU on Tuesday for an out-of-conference game prior to Texas-San Antonio coming to Boca Raton for a weekend C-USA series.
Tuesday’s meeting is the first of two with FGCU. On April 24 FGCU travels across the state for a game that will be played at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. FAU finalized plans to play that game, along with the May 8 game against UCF, at the West Palm Beach spring training home of the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros late last week.
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