University of North Carolina Athletics
Dalatri Named ACC Pitcher Of The Week
February 27, 2017 | Baseball
ACC weekly honors are determined by a vote of a select media panel. This is the first career ACC weekly award for all three players.
Sheets had a monster week at the plate for the Demon Deacons, tallying 16 RBIs, 10 hits, three home runs, two doubles, three walks, and nine runs scored to lead Wake Forest to a midweek win over UNC Greensboro and a series victory over USC. The junior from Baltimore, Maryland, tied program records with three home runs and nine RBIs in the series-opening win over USC on Friday. Sheets hit .588 on the week, and posted a slugging percentage of 1.235 and an on-base percentage of .619.
Holton set a career-high with 11 strikeouts and tied a career-high with 7.0 innings pitched in a 8-0 win over Samford. The sophomore from Tallahassee, Florida, allowed just two hits and three walks on the day. In two starts this season, Holton has a 0.69 ERA in 13 innings pitched with 19 strikeouts and five hits allowed.
In just his second career start, Dalatri struck out 15 batters with no walks in a 7-5 win over Radford. The freshman from Wall Township, New Jersey, threw just 99 pitches with 75 strikes, and went to a 3-ball count just one time in 28 batters. The 15 strikeouts are the most by a Tar Heel pitcher since Matt Harvey struck out 15 at Clemson in 2010, and are the most for a North Carolina freshman under Mike Fox (since 1999).
