FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) star Ben Alekson and his Fairfield University baseball team won three of four games last week to push their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) record to 9-3 on the season.
The Stags only loss of the week came with Alekson on the mound (a 4-1 loss to Merrimack), despite the big right hander allowing just one earned run over six and two-thirds innings of work. Alekson struck out five and saw his record fall to 2-3 on the season, while lowering his ERA to a team best 1.85. The six-foot-two junior right hander has already earned two MAAC Pitcher of the Week honors this spring and has been added to the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year watchlist. Alekson has a 17-6 career record at Fairfield in 36 starts. The former Vermont Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year led Peoples Academy to three state championships.
After dropping nine of their first 10 games to start the season, Fairfield has gone 13-3 over the last five weeks. Alekson and the Stags will look to keep it rolling this week with a three game series at home against Rider starting Friday night.
