Rowen makes it back-to-back NEC Rookie of the Week honors as the Blackbirds come off their finest week of the season, winning four of six outings. Rowen batted .500 (13-26) with three doubles, seven runs scored and four RBI. After a 3-5 effort with a double and two runs in an 8-7 setback to St. Peter’s on Tuesday, he collected three hits and an RBI in a doubleheader sweep of St. Francis (NY) on Wednesday. Rowen went on a tear over the weekend, going 7-13 with five runs and three RBI as the Blackbirds took two out of three from Sacred Heart. In Saturday’s doubleheader sweep of the Pioneers, he was 5-8, including a two-run double in game two that helped cement the win. A Rosendale, NY native, Rowen is batting .426 (23-54) during a team season-best 13-game hitting streak with at least two hits in eight of those contests. On the season, he leads LIU with a .350 average, .400 on-base percentage and .510 slugging percentage.