Brach takes home Akadema NEC Pitcher of the Week honors after going 1-0 with 12 strikeouts, no walks and a 0.00 ERA in two appearances last week. He opened the week, working a scheduled 2.0 innings in the 4-3 win over Rider, striking out three, while allowing just one hit and one unearned run. Brach closed the week throwing a complete-game shutout in the 8-0 nightcap win over Mount St. Mary’s last weekend. In seven innings, he scattered five hits, all of which were singles, and struck out nine without allowing a run or walk. On the year, Brach is 4-1 with 50 K’s, a 2.44 ERA and is holding opponents to a .205 batting average. He has thrown three complete-game wins in NEC action for the first place Hawks and is currently tied for the league lead in strikeouts and ranks third in earned run average.