Sabatella claims NEC Player of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks after the Triple Crown candidate’s hot hitting pushed Quinnipiac into first place with a 5-0 record in NEC play. Sabatella hit .458 (11-24) with two doubles, three homers, six runs scored, six RBI and a .917 slugging percentage. He torched St. Francis (NY) pitching in the Bobcats’ three-game sweep over the weekend, going 7-11 with three round trippers and five RBI. In an 8-6 win in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday, Sabatella blasted two homers, drove in three runs and finished with a 3-3 performance at the plate. The Wading River, NY product currently leads the NEC with a .434 average and 10 homers, and ranks second in the conference with 33 RBI. Sabatella, who stood 22nd in the nation in hitting in the latest NCAA statistics release, also paces the league with 62 hits, 35 runs scored, 104 total bases, a .488 on-base percentage and .727 slugging percentage.