Braun was a key figure over the weekend as Monmouth took two of three games from St. Francis (NY) to clinch a berth in the NEC Tournament for the seventh straight season. Braun batted .500 (4-8) in the series with a double, a triple, three runs, three RBI, an .875 slugging percentage and .600 on-base percentage. In the clincher on Sunday, Braun was 3-3 and drove in three runs on a pair of RBI singles and a run-scoring triple. Braun, a Stony Brook, NY native, is hitting .281 on the season and leads the Hawks with 11 doubles.